"In search of personal security, and those rights which by the laws of God,

"为了寻求人身安全和上帝律法应允的
I ought to have enjoyed undisturbed there."

我应不受任何人妨碍地享受的权利"
So he's a moderate and he feels actually threatened

他是一个温和派他在马萨诸塞州
in massachusetts and he decides he needs to move,

感到现实的威胁他下决心要搬家
so he heads to Philadelphia hoping,

于是他就搬到了费城
"To find an asylum amongst", as he put it,

并希望"在贵格会教徒和荷兰人当中"
"Quakers and Dutchmen."

他这样说道 "找到一个避难之处"
So he's actually seeking out a population of people

他的确在寻找
who maybe aren't going to be as radical

可能不会变得激进的人群
as the people he's coming from.

就像他原来生活其中的居民一样
And he says in his diary that when he arrived in Philadelphia

他在日记中说当他抵达费城时
a friend came to meet his boat at the dock

一位朋友来到码头接他