it's clipping coupons and he describes his job as figuring out what the coupon is in an equity and if it's high enough he likes it.

就是获得票息,他形容自己的工作就是,发现在股票中的“票息“是什么,以及“票息“是否能够高到让他满意。

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However, he planned to leave his wife, quit his job

他决定离开他的妻子，辞掉自己的工作，

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He's going to ameliorate their conditions, he's going to make their slavery on his plantations so effective, so good, such a even joyous form of labor, that he will be doing God's work by improving slavery.

他会改善奴隶们的生活条件,他会让自己种植园的奴隶们,提高工作效率,优化管理模式,奴隶甚至是一种令人享受的工作,他会按照上帝的旨意提升奴隶的生活水平

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