Lincoln wrote of Clay, "He loved his country," he said,

林肯笔下的克莱 "他爱他的祖国"
"partly because it was his own country"--partly because it

"部分原因是因为那是他的祖国"
was his own country-- ;"but mainly because it was a free country."

"但主要是因为那是一个自由的国家"
His point, I think, is that Clay exhibited,

我认为他的观点至少根据林肯的叙述
at least on Lincoln's telling, something of the philosopher,

克莱的观点展现了哲学家的思维
what he loved was an idea, the idea of freedom.

他爱的是一个理想是自由的理想
That idea was not the property of one particular country,

这种理想不是特定国家的财产
but it was constitutive of any good society.

而是任何良善社会的本质
The good human being, it would seem, would be a

一个好人似乎会是一个哲学家
philosopher, or at least would have something philosophical

或至少有一些关于事物的哲思
about him or her, and who may only be fully at home in the best regime.

而且他在最佳政体下会感到完全的自在
But of course the best regime lacks actuality.

当然最佳政体并不实际