He wanted a fallacy to expose, a blunder to pillory, I may say required a little sense of victory, a roll of the drum, to call his powers into full exercise.

• 他需要一个谬见来揭露，需要一个愚蠢来攻击，我不妨说他需要一点小小的胜利感，一阵鼓声去召唤他鼓起他全力以赴。