but ends up being anti-clerical,

但他却以反牧师告终
though not anti-religion in any sense.

虽然不反对宗教
He was always embarrassed when the subject of religion was raised.

当提到宗教时他总是很窘迫
He would get out of it by saying,

他会辩解道
"I assure you it is more complicated than you think."

"我保证事实比你想的要复杂得多"
He looked like a bourgeois on holiday in Dieppe,

他在迪耶普或者其他地方过节时
or some place like that.

他就表现得像个资产阶级
He looked untidy, inelegant.

他看起来邋里邋遢粗野不堪
His pockets were always crammed with papers

他口袋里总是塞满了论文
and indeed with books-- he had rather big pockets.

当然还有书本他口袋相当大
But he was a great orator.

但他终究是一位伟大的演讲家
People who follow those things--

人们是这样认为