"Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here," wrote the Victorian sage Thomas Carlyle.

维多利亚时代的圣人托马斯·卡莱尔写道：“通史，即人类在这个世界上取得的成就的历史，本质上就是在此努力过的伟人的历史。”

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In his works, he paid special attention to the "little man" at the bottom of society in the UK, which deeply mirrored the social reality at that time.

在他的作品中，他特别关注英国社会底层的“小人物”。这些“小人物”深刻反映了当时的社会现实。

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They worked with hand trowels, a plywood form for lining the shaft with concrete, inch by inch, and a sturdy hand-built crank for lowering a man to the bottom and sending up buckets of sand.

他们的作业工具是：挖土用的手工泥铲、浇筑混凝土井壁用的胶合板模板、还有手工制作摇杆。 摇杆将一个人送到井底，那个人就在井底一点点挖土然后再通过摇杆把沙子一桶桶送到地面。

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Toward the bottom of the first page, he says, "I'm a cultivated man.

请看第一页的最下面，他说：“我是一个有教养的人。

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