I mean, technically, if I want to personally go out and kill someone because they offend me, that is self possession.

我是说，理论上讲，如果因为别人冒犯我,我就要亲自动手杀了他，这也算自主权。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

As much as I might talk on stage twice a week it turns out that it's really by doing and really by diving in and getting your hands dirty that you really take away the course's lessons.

我一周上两次课,就算说得再多，也不如你们亲自动手,通过真正的深入研究,才能学到知识。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Several times at public executions in 1698 and 1699, he brushed the executioner away, grabbed the axe and did the dirty work himself, chopping off a head or two.

在1698年和1699年的数次公开行刑里,他轰走了刽子手,抄起斧子亲自动手,手刃了几个囚犯

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选