A Political Preferment, labelled with its price, was canvassing1 the State to find a purchaser. One day it offered itself to a Truly Good Man, who, after examining the label and finding the price was exactly twice as great as he was willing to pay, spurned2 the Political Preferment from his door. Then the People said: “Behold, this is an honest citizen!” And the Truly Good Man humbly3 confessed that it was so.
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1 canvassing | |
v.(在政治方面)游说( canvass的现在分词 );调查(如选举前选民的)意见;为讨论而提出(意见等);详细检查 | |
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2 spurned | |
v.一脚踢开,拒绝接受( spurn的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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3 humbly | |
adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地 | |
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