Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.

  • -- William Henry Ashley 威廉·亨利·阿什利

他们中有些人自称对哥伦比亚号的所有主要水域都很熟悉,他们向我保证,除了大海,这些水域没有别的联系。

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One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me.

我人生的主要目标之一就是通过做我的工作来避免让我的孩子们难堪。我希望我做到了这一点,我希望,以我现在的工作,他们即使不感到自豪,至少也不会为此感到尴尬。我得说,我的三个孩子是最讨人喜欢的,他们除了使我高兴以外,什么也不做。

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

只要有可能,所有的人都声称自己是诚实的。相信所有人都诚实是愚蠢的。相信没有这样的人更糟糕。

I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.

我在扮演一个主要的角色,这给了你更多的影响力和信心。