The joy I felt at the prospect before me of being the instrument destined to take away from the world one of its greatest calamities, blended with the fond hope of enjoying independence and domestic peace and happiness, often occupied my whole mind.
我因展望未来而感受到的喜悦——成为注定从世界上消除最大灾难之一的工具,与享受独立、家庭和平与幸福的殷切希望交织在一起,常常占据了我的整个心灵。
写作是一种反抗,是对遗忘的反抗。
文章的精妙之处,就像自然造化生成万物一样,不需要刻意雕琢而自然合乎法度。
The market is always right, and I am always wrong.