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I was unwilling to interrupt the course of this debate, while it was carried on with calmness and decency,
我不愿意中斷這場辯論的進程，這場辯論以溫和而高雅的方式進行，
by men who do not suffer the ardor of opposition to cloud their reason,
參加辯論的人們不堪忍受對方的狂熱致使其失去理性，
or transport them to such expressions as the dignity of this assembly does not admit.
或將他們導向這樣莊嚴的集會所不允許的表述。
I have hitherto deferred answering the gentleman, who declaimed against the bill with such fluency and rhetoric, and such vehemence of gesture;
到目前為止，我推遲回答這位紳士提出的問題，他以強烈的姿態宣稱反對如此流暢和講究言辭的議案。
who charged the advocates for the expedients now proposed, with having no regard to any interests but their own,
指責那些擁護該權宜之計的人，沒有考慮各方的利益，只看了自己的利益，
and with making laws only to consume paper, and threatened them with the defection of their adherents,
制訂的法律毫無用處徒費紙張而已，現在提出自己的看法，用擁護者的背叛來威脅他們，
and the loss of their influence, upon this new discovery of their folly and ignorance.
針對他們的愚蠢和無知這一新的發現，他們顯得語無倫次。
Nor, do I now answer him for any other purpose than to remind him
我現在不管出于任何其他原因，當然不會對他的任何指責做出回答，我只想提醒他，
how little the clamor of rage and petulancy of invective contribute to the end for which this assembly is called together;
大吵大鬧地發泄憤怒和氣急敗壞的猛烈抨擊，對于結束這場將眾人召集起來的大會毫無助益，
how little the discovery of truth is promoted, and the security of the nation established, by pompous diction and theatrical emotion.
對于發現真理和確立國家安全來說，通過夸張的言辭和威脅的神情也毫無意義。
Formidable sounds and furious declamation, confident assertions and lofty periods, may affect the young and inexperienced;
可怕的喧囂和用慷慨激昂的演說來宣泄狂怒，有自信心的主張和表現出高高在上的傲慢，也許會影響年輕人和無甚經驗的人；
