From an armchair in the office of his Tarrytown estate he directed against the enormous hypothetical enemy, unrighteousness, a campaign which went on through fifteen years, during which he displayed himself a rabid monomaniac, an unqualified nuisance, and an intolerable bore.

他坐在塔里敦庄园办公室的扶手椅上，反对假想中的巨大敌人——不义，这场战役持续了十五年，在此期间，他表现出自己是一个狂热的偏执狂、一个不合格的讨厌鬼和一个令人无法忍受的厌恶者。