“A stranger to human nature, who saw the indifference of men about the misery of their inferiors, and the regret and indignation which they feel for the misfortunes and sufferings of those above them, would be apt to imagine, that pain must be more agonizing, and the convulsions of death more terrible to persons of higher rank, than to those of meaner stations...”
&nbsp;“出于对人类天性的陌生，我们对低于自己的阶层的痛苦无动于衷，而对高于自己的阶层的不幸和苦难感到遗憾和愤慨，我们会选择想象，这些痛苦一定是难以忍受的，层次较高者的垂死挣扎总是比层次较低者更可怕……”