原文：It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof blow; but  no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth(a hill not to be comman-ded, and where the air is always dear and serene) and to see the errors and wanderings andmists and tempests in the vale below.

 登高岸而濒水处观舟楫颠簸于海上， 不易快哉；踞城堡而倚窗凭眺两军酣战于脚下，不易快哉；然断无任何快事堪比凌真理之绝顶（以巍然高耸且风清气朗的峰顶）， 一览深谷间的谬误与彷徨，迷雾与风暴。