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For William Gladstone, the lessons of India and Ireland were very clear.
對于威廉·格拉斯頓，印度和愛爾蘭的教訓(xùn)顯而易見。
Disraeli's glitzy paternalism was not the answer. For Gladstone, it was morally inexcusable.
迪斯雷利的家長式統(tǒng)治顯然無能為力。對他而言，這在道德上是不可原諒的。
But Liberalism needed to be something more than the old mantra of liberty, free trade and righteousness.
但自由主義不能止步于老掉牙的贊歌，稱頌自由貿(mào)易和正義。
It needed to nail its colours to the mast of political justice.
而要旗幟鮮明地彰顯政治公平與正義。
For surely, it was the sense of being robbed of that justice which drove men to fury and violence.
當(dāng)然，引發(fā)民憤和暴力正是因?yàn)檫@種公平被剝奪。
So Gladstone's new testament would be the idea that government, even self-government within the empire, or home rule, should be the instrument of justice.
格拉斯頓的新主意是，帝國內(nèi)部的自治政府，或地方政府，應(yīng)成為公平正義的法器。
William Ewart Gladstone was a politician whose career had always been shaped by religious revelation, for whom the Bible was not just a sacred text but a guide to politics.
威廉·尤爾特·格拉斯頓這名政客，他的政治生涯總是帶著宗教色彩，圣經(jīng)對于他不僅是神圣的典籍，也是行政指南。
Once the truth had been revealed to Gladstone, he felt obliged, like the carriers of the first gospels, to preach to the unbelievers, to bring others to the light. And did he preach it!
格拉斯頓認(rèn)識到事實(shí)真相后，感到重任在肩，自認(rèn)是福音最初的傳播者，要向無信仰的人傳教，帶領(lǐng)他們走向光明。他的確這么做了！
A great whistle-stop railway campaign in the north, Lancashire, Scotland, where, with the wind in his hair and fire in his belly,
在北方，蘇格蘭的蘭開夏郡，一列為競選造勢的火車正在行進(jìn)，他的頭發(fā)在飛揚(yáng)，內(nèi)心熱情如火，
the locomotive-driven prophet appearing before the immense flock rained down hellfire on the immorality and indifference of Disraeli's government to human suffering.
毫無德行操守可言的迪斯雷利政府對勞苦大眾漠不關(guān)心，但在上天還未將地獄的怒火降下之前，列車就載著先知出現(xiàn)了。
Gladstone swept to victory in 1880. But he knew he had no time to celebrate, he had to grasp the nettle.
1880年，格拉斯頓取得了全面勝利。但他知道沒有時間慶祝，他還有重任在肩。
Ireland is at your door. Providence has placed it there. Law and legislature have made a compact between you, and you must face these obligations.
愛爾蘭就在你的門前。天意如此。你們之間有了合法契約，而你必須承擔(dān)義務(wù)。
