Butmyhonorableandlearnedfriendonthefloor[注:Myhonourable…onthefloor。指
AttorneyGeneralThurlow也。]whocondescendstomark[注:Conpescendetomark&c。重听]
whatIsayforanimadversion,willdisdainthatground。Hehasheard,aswellas
I,thatwhengreathonoursandgreatemolumentsdonotwinover[注:Win
over,使为已用,牢笼之。]thisknowledgetotheserviceoftheStateitisaformidable
adversarytogovernment。Ifthespiritbenottamedandbrokenbythesehappy
methods,itisstubbornandlitigious。Abeuntstudiainmores。[注:Abeuntstudia
inmores。—此猎丁文英译为Mannersareinfluencedbystudies。
见Bacon文中。]Thisstudyrendersmenacute,inquisitive,dexterous,promptin
attack,readyindefence,fullofresources。Inothercountries,thepeople,more
simple,andofalessmercurialcast,[注:Lessmercurial
cast。较美国人为愚鲁之人民。‘cast’本义为型。滞笨之型所铸。即愚鲁之义也。]judgeofanillprinciplein
governmentonlybyanactualgrievance;here[注:Here。—Inthiscase。在美国人。]they
anticipatetheevil,andjudgeofthepressureofthegrievancebythebadnessof
theprinciple。Theyangurmisgovernmentatadistance,andsnufftheapproachoftyranny
ineverytaintedbreeze。[注:Snufftheapproach…taintedbreeze。—‘tainted
breeze’二语见文豪Pope氏所作EssayonMan。此盖以猎犬嗅风而知有兽。喻美国人之机警。虐政未行已能预料也。]
8。Thelastcauseofthisdisobedientspiritinthecoloniesishardlylesspowerful
thantherest,asitisnotmerelymoral,butlaiddeepinthenaturalconstitution
ofthings。Threethousandmilesofoceanliebetweenyouand
them。Nocontrivancecanpreventtheeffectofthisdistanceinweakeninggovernment。
Seasroll,andmonthspass,betweentheorderandtheexecution;and
thewantofaspeedyexplanationofasinglepointisenoughtodefeatawholesystem。You
have,indeed,wingedministersofvengeance,[注:Wingedministersofvengeance。军舰。]who
carryyourboltsintheirpounces[注:Carryyourboltsintheirpounces。
军舰所发射之弹丸。]totheremotestvergeofthesea。