translation.en: There is no trajectory of progress. There's no pyramid that conveniently places Victorian England at the apex and descends down the flanks to the so-called primitives of the world.
translation.zh: 没有已经铺就好的前进的轨道。没有 传统地把维多利亚时期的英国文明作为顶峰， 把其他的视为 所谓的原始世界的金字塔。