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。