He urged revival of the slave-trade in the late 1850s, and he developed a theory of what he called warranteeism--w-a-r-r-a-n-t-e-e-I-s-m.

他促成了十八世纪五十年代后期,奴隶交易的复苏,还自己发明了一套理论,名为抵押品主义

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

I was particularly interested in metaphysical poetry political philosophy -- I wrote my thesis on a radical political philosopher of the 17th century of the civil war period.

我尤其感兴趣的是玄学诗派,和政治哲学，我的毕业论文,就是有关一名激进的政治哲学家,他生活在内战的十八世纪。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

If you wanted something, and this is still true in France today, it doesn't do any good to go to the local notable, like you did in the eighteenth century and say, "hey,monsieur,the little guy, it would be great if we had a school."

如果你想要什么东西,这在今天的法国仍然是事实,去当地的贵族那里绝无收获,就像是你在十八世纪的时候说,"嘿,小子,如果我有一所学校就再好不过了"

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The British Government issued those consols in the early 1700s and, while they were refinanced in the late nineteenth century, they're still there. If you want to go out and buy one, you can get on your laptop right after this lecture and buy one of them.

英国政府,在十八世纪初就推出了这份债券,当他们在十九世纪再融资的时候,公债仍然有售,如果你想去买一份的话,你可以在这堂课后用笔记本电脑,买一份公债

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选