1. As Haig admitted, French fears were not without foundation.
2. According to Simon, they spent an interesting evening looking at photos.
3. To quote McCullough: 'The ocean breezes at Long Branch do not suffice, so off he is taken to Saratoga.'
4. 'The world is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly,' in the words of J.H.Holmes. 'It is simply indifferent.'
霍姆斯牧師說過,“世界既不是有敵意,也不是友好,分明就是無動於衷。”
5. French peasants, too, worshipped a Napoleon, who 'sent them rain and sunshine from above', in Marx's classic phrase.
按照馬克思的經典說法,法語農民也是崇拜拿破侖式人物的,因為他“從天上灑下甘霖和陽光”。