民主这个词有点含糊,我无法定义准确。因此,应该说:“可以确定,如果一个政府具有英美宪法所共有的某些特征,那将是一件好事。”
That “democracy” is a somewhat vague term which I cannot define precisely. We ought to say, therefore: “I am fairly certain that it is a good thing if a government has something of the characteristics that are common to the British and American Constitutions,” or something of this sort.
君子会因人恭维赞美自己而疏远他,也会因对自己之言劝谏和他成为亲密的朋友。
The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals.