They were forced, by people who pursued them as if hunting wild beasts, to on the one hand confess to their own crimes, and on the other to take the pens with which they had diligently practiced from childhood and thrust their points deep into their own throats, and then into all their convictions of peace and mercy.
他們一面被人像追獵野獸一樣地被迫交代自己的罪行，一面又把一枝從小就勤奮練就的筆桿深深地插入自己的咽喉，然後又插進一切和平與仁慈的信念。