Yet having, through a studious and thoughtful life, grown used to great men(among the Dead at least)I cannot feel entirely at a loss in speaking to the Emperor Napoleon

• 然而，由于我平生好读书，勤思考，对大人物(至少是古人)也很娴熟，因此在拿破仑皇帝面前，还不致完全语无伦次。