"as his studies come to a close the historian faces the challenge: Of what use have your studies been? Have you found in your work only the amusement of recounting the rise and fall of nations and ideas, and retelling "sad stories of the death of kongs"? Have ou learned more about human nature than the man in the street can learn without so much as opening a book? Have
在这个历史学家快要结束他的研究的时候，他脑子里浮出了一个问题：这个历史研究有什么用呢？我有觉得描述一个国家或一个想法的起伏或者一个国王的死亡的令人伤心的故事很有趣吗？
