历史是很难假设的。可是假设格兰特没有这样在华尔街跌跤,假设林肯没有被暗杀,就事论事比较他们两个人的所作所为,难道格兰特不应该比林肯还更伟大、更了不起些吗?不过历史从来不是真正公平的。历史,不只看你在舞台上演了什么,还要看你怎样步下舞台。有时候,步下舞台的身段比舞台上的挥汗表演,还要更难。 History is hard to assume. But assuming Grant has not fallen like that on Wall Street, assuming that Lincoln was not assassinated, let’s compare things between the two of them. Is Grant not supposed to be bigger and better than Lincoln? But history is never truly fair. History, not only look at what you are acting on the stage, but also how you step on the stage. Sometimes it’s harder to step down to the stage than to sweat on the stage.