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Man is the only Slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and has always held other slaves in bondage under him in one way or another. In our day he is always some man's slave for wages, and does that man's work; and this slave has other slaves under him for minor wages, and they do his work. The higher animals are the only ones who exclusively do their own work and provide their own living.
人是唯一的奴隸，也是唯一能奴役他人的動物。他一直以某種方式充當奴隸，同時又總是以某種方式去奴役他人。在我們這個時代，他一直為了掙工資而做別人的奴隸，為別人打工，而這個奴隸又管轄其他工資更加微薄的奴隸，這些奴隸再為他做工。高級動物是唯一只干自己的活，自食其力的動物。
Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, keeps multitudinous uniformed assassins on hand at heavy expense to grab slices of other people's countries, and keeps them from grabbing slices of his and in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and—works for "the universal brotherhood of man"—with his mouth.
人是唯一的愛國者。他在自己的國家中自詡與眾不同，獨樹一幟，嘲笑其他的國 家。他不惜花費重金，屯兵無數，就是為了侵占他國的土地，防止他人搶奪自己國家的土地。在征戰擴張之余，他洗去沾滿鮮血的雙手，大肆宣揚“全世界人類的同胞之情”——當然只是在口頭上罷了。
