Though it was supposed to be proper for them to have an occupation, the crude fact of money-making was still regarded as derogatory, and the law, being a profession, was accounted a more gentlemanly pursuit than business.

虽然他们应该有一份职业是正当的，但赚钱这个粗俗的事实仍然被认为是贬义的， 而法律作为一种职业， 被认为是一种比商业更绅士的追求。