对级别和声誉顶礼膜拜,这是全人类所珍爱和重视的一种特权。不仅在民主制国家,而且在君主制国家,甚至某种程度上在我们很不恰当地称作低等动物的世界,这种特权都自由自在地得到了行使。因为即便是动物,它们也有某些可怜而微小的虚荣和弱点,尽管和我们相比,它们在这方面显得微不 The worship of rank and reputation is a privilege cherished and valued by all humanity. This privilege is freely exercised, not only in democracies, but also in monarchies and, to some extent, in a world that we are inappropriately called the lower animals. Because even animals have some pitiful and subtle vanities and weaknesses, though they appear slightly weaker in this respect than we do