Yeobright's local peculiarity was that in striving at high thinking he still cleaved to plain living—nay, wild and meagre living in many respects, and brotherliness with clowns.

约布赖特本人的独特之处在于他追求崇高思想之际，仍然坚持朴素的生活——不，在许多方面那是一种原始简陋的生活，同时跟乡邻们如兄弟般相处。