translation.en: Perhaps the most striking example of the human ability to watch a beheading and remain unmoved and even be disappointed was the introduction in France in 1792 of the guillotine, that famous decapitation machine.
translation.zh: 有关人们看到砍头， 却能保持无动于衷， 甚至感到还够不过瘾的 最典型的事件， 恐怕是在1792年的法国， 那架著名的斩首机器， “断头台”的面世。