Idonotmean，Sir，tocommendthesurperiormoralityofthissentiment，
whichhasatleastasmuchprideasvirtue[注：Asmuchprideasvirtue。谓其中傲慢心与德性之量相等。]
init；butIcannotalterthenatureofman。[注：Icannot…natureof
man。谓人情如是。予无如何也。]Thefactisso；andthesepeopleoftheSoutherncoloniesaremuch
morestrongly，andwithahigherandmorestubbornspirit，attachedtolibertythan
thosetothenorthward。Suchwerealltheancientcommonwealths；suchwereourGothic
ancestors；[注：Gothic此Gothic之义甚广。殆与Teutonic同义。谓英人之祖也。]suchinourdayswerethe
Poles[注：ThePoles。波兰人。]andsuchwillbeallmastersofslaves，who
arenotslavesthemselves。Insuchapeople，thehaughtinessofdominationcombineswith
thespiritoffreedom，fortifiesit，andrendersitinvincible。
7。Permitme，sir，toaddanothercircumstanceinourcolonieswhichcontributesnomean
parttowardsthegrowthandeffectofthisuntractablespirit。Imeantheir
education。Innocountryperhapsintheworldisthelawsogeneralastudy。
Theprofessionitselfisnumerousandpowerful；andinmostprovincesittakes
thelead。ThegreaternumberoftheDeputiessenttotheCongresswere
lawyers。Butallwhoread(andmostdoread)endeavortoobtainsome
smattering[注：Smatteribg，涉猎所得之知识。]inthatscience。Ihavebeentoldbyaneminent
booksellerthatinnobranchofhisbusiness，aftertractsofpopulardevotion
[注：Tractsofpopulardevotion。宗教之小册子。]weresomanybooksasthoseonthe
lawexportedtotheplantations。Thecolonistshavenowfallenintothewayof
printingthemfortheirownuse。Ihearthattheysoldnearlyasmanyof
Blackstone'sCommentaries[注：Blackstone'sCommentaries英国百年前之法学名着。]inAmericaas
inEngland。
GeneralGagemarksoutthisdispositionveryparticularlyinaletteronyour
table。Hestatesthatallthepeopleinhisgovernmentarelawyers，or
smatterersinlaw；andthatinBostontheyhavebeenenabled，bysuccessfulchicane，
whollytoevademanypartsofoneofyourcapitalpenalconstitutions。[注：To
evademanyparts…penal
constitutions。昔Gage将军为总督。禁波士顿人集会。美人籍口并非召集新会。乃前会延期今重开之。集会如故而将军无如何。]Thesmartness
ofdebate[注：Thesmartnessofdebate。辩士之义。]willsaythatthisknowledgeought
toteachthemmoreclearlytherightsoflegislature，theirobligationstoobedience，
andthepenaltiesofrebellion。Allthisismightywell。