an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

以眼还眼以牙还牙
He punished his children and

他用马赛克式的复仇
his employees with Mosaic vengeance.

惩罚他的孩子和工人
He had a puritanical obsession with the wickedness of other people.

他过度地深入探究他人内心世界
He could be domineering, vane, obstinate,

同时他也跋扈无常且固执
as one friend once put it, impervious to a joke.

就像他的一个朋友开玩笑时说的那样
Probably not a lot of fun to just have lunch with.

跟他吃饭也许会感到不自在
He gave orders, remembered Brown's younger brother,

他是这样对布朗的弟弟发号施令的
quote, "Like a king against whom there is no rising up."

"像一个国王在一个无能的人面前"
He was a thorough going non-conformist.

他坚决不顺从
He probably never joined any formal anti-slavery organization,

虽然他经常参加反奴隶组织的会议
although he went to lots of their meetings.

但他可能从未参加正式的反奴隶组织