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But for one unrepentant enthusiast, this was a travesty.
但對于一位頑固的空想者，這是一種歪曲。
Tom Paine, whose book "Common Sense" had supported the Americans in their Revolution, now took on Edmund Burke.
湯姆·潘恩曾在其著作《常識》中支持美國人進行自己的革命，現在他把矛頭指向埃德蒙·伯克。
In 1791, he published his counterblast, "The Rights of Man".
在1791年，他發表了強硬的抨擊文章《人權》。
It was a brilliantly-calculated reply. Burke had used flowery language to describe the mob's ungallant assault on the Queen of France.
那是精心策劃的回擊。柏克用華麗的文字描述了暴民們"勇敢"地攻擊法蘭西女王。
So Paine, in contrast, used the earthy, direct street talk of ordinary people, the kind of people Burke referred to as the "Swinish multitude".
于是潘恩反其道而行之，用了街頭普通人樸實直白的語言，柏克把那些民眾稱為豬一般的群眾。
And what Paine's message was, was that nature fought on the side of liberty.
而潘恩想表達的是自然是站在自由這邊的。
At our birth, he said, we had natural rights which no government, no sovereign, could violate and expect to survive.
他說，從我們出生起就擁有天賦的權利，沒有政府和君主能夠妨礙這種權利還妄圖幸存下來。
When Paine shouted, people listened.
潘恩大聲疾呼之時，人民洗耳恭聽。
He sold 40,000 copies of "The Rights of Man" in a few months, and the people who bought them were people new to politics, men like Bewick, men with grievances to air.
短短幾個月，他就賣出了四萬份《人權》，購買的人都是初涉政治的民眾，如比威克這樣心懷怨憤的人。
As they became more vocal and more visible, the forces of order, the party of Church and King, began to get distinctly nervous.
隨著呼聲越來越高，武裝力量、教會和國王一派顯然開始緊張起來。
Prime Minister William Pitt, barely in his thirties, once hailed as a friend of reform, was now firmly in the conservative camp.
首相威廉·皮特年僅三十多歲，就曾被贊為改革之友，當時卻在保守派陣營。
And he looked on at events in France with growing horror and disgust.
他以一種越發厭惡的眼光看待法蘭西的這些運動。
It was time to batten down the hatches, mobilise the militia, beat the patriotic drum, and make sure the likes of Tom Paine were gagged before they made mischief.
是時候未雨綢繆，召集民兵，舉起愛國的大旗了，確保湯姆·潘恩這樣的人在制造事端之前就被扼殺。
Houses were burned, conspicuous democrats roughed up.
他們焚燒房屋，毆打出頭的民主主義者。
Tom Paine just got out in the nick of time. He was tried in proxy for treason.
湯姆·潘恩及時出逃。他被判為叛國罪。
Those who stayed loyal to Paine came together in solidarity and defiance.
那些忠于潘恩的人團結起來反抗。
One place where dangerous thoughts were positively welcome was 72 St Paul's Churchyard,
危險的想法在一個地方非常受歡迎，那就是72圣保羅教堂后院，
where Joseph Johnson, the bachelor Liverpudlian printer and publisher, acted as kindly uncle to all those he fondly called his "Ruffian gang".
約瑟夫·約翰遜，單身的利物浦印刷商和出版商，像和藹的叔叔一般對待那些他親切稱為"流氓幫"的人。
