They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers and letter savers, history tracers and debaters, and outstaying all the rest they are just great talkers."

他们天生善背,记忆超群,爱写日记,乐于书信,尤喜收藏信件,爱追溯历史,天生的辩论家,总之他们就是很健谈"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

He is at war and he is serving under a commander, and so the behavior of these people towards one another is not precisely like what it would be.

他们乐于战斗并服从命令,这种特殊的主从的关系,和我们所想象的完全不同

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选