In times like these it is immature and incidentally, untrue for anybody to brag that an unprepared America, single-handed, and with one hand tied behind its back, can hold off the whole world.

• 在这样的时期，任何人要是夸口说一个毫无战备的美洲，把自己的一只手绑在背后，也能独立对抗全世界，那是幼稚--因之也是骗人--的话。