Western civilization, wherever it penetrates, brings with it water-taps, sewers, and police;but it brings also an ugliness, an insincerity, a vulgarity never before known to history, unless it be under the Roman Empire.
西方文明,无论它渗透到哪里, 都会带来水龙头、下水道和警察; 但它也带来了种丑陋、种虚伪和种前所未见的粗俗, 除非是在罗马帝国统治下。