They would set up their rest on such an answer, as a sufficient confutation of all that could be said, as if it were a great misfortune that any should be found wiser than his ancestors.

他们会把这样的回答作为对所有可以说的充分反驳的回答，就好像发现任何人比他的祖先更聪明是一种巨大的不幸。