A ‘sound’ banker, alas! is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a conventional and orthodox way along with his fellows, so that no one can really blame him.
一个“健全”的银行家，唉!他不是一个预见到危险并避免它的人，而是一个当他被毁灭时，以一种传统的、正统的方式和他的伙伴们一起毁灭的人，因此没有人能真正地责怪他。