In 1851, the writer James Fenimore Cooper reportedly explained “face the music” as a theatrical term.

据报道，1851 年， 作家詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀 (James Fenimore Cooper) 将“面对现实”解释为戏剧术语。

Greeley provided a humorous description of himself, written under the pretense that it had been the work of his long-time adversary James Fenimore Cooper.

格里利对自己进行了幽默的描述，假装这是他的长期对手詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀 (James Fenimore Cooper) 的作品。