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It was his idea that there is such a thing as a first-hand opinion; an original opinion; an opinion which is coldly reasoned out in a man's head, by a searching analysis of the facts involved, with the heart unconsulted, and the jury room closed against outside influences. It may be that such an opinion has been born somewhere, at some time or other, but I suppose it got away before they could catch it and stuff it and put it in the museum.
他認為存在像第一手觀點這樣的東西，這是一種原始的觀點，是一個通過對有關事實的透徹分析，冷靜地、緊閉陪審團之門不受外界影響而推論出來的觀點。也許這種觀點已在某時某地產生了，但是我猜測，在人們能抓住它，并把它填制成標本放到博物館之前，它就不見了。
I am persuaded that a coldly-thought-out and independent verdict upon a fashion in clothes, or manners, or literature, or politics, or religion, or any other matter that is projected into the field of our notice and interest, is a most rare thing—if it has indeed ever existed.
我相信，對于時裝或禮儀、文學、政治、宗教，或者其他任何能夠引起我們的注意和興趣的領域，冷靜思考出的獨立見解即使有也很罕見。
