Unable to grasp any thing great, is it surprising that they find the reading of history a very dry task, and disquisitions addressed to the understanding, intolerably tedious, and almost unintelligible?
由于无法掌握任何伟大的事物, 他们发现阅读历史是一项非常枯燥的任务, 而针对理解力的研究令人难以忍受的乏味且几乎无法理解, 这是否令人惊讶?