Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived and he has beaten them all.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

历史上许多最伟大的人物都写过传记。博斯韦尔是有史以来最矮的人之一,他把他们都打败了。

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But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.

但是,假定在同样的前提下,即在自然法则和民族法则下人人平等,奴隶的财产权就会土崩瓦解;因为平等的一方不能成为另一方的所有者或财产。

My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.

那时我的读者还是文人;但必须有其他人等着读我的诗。