All the others — the Hunts, Richardson, John La Farge, Stanford White — were exuberant; only St. Gaudens could never discuss or dilate on an emotion, or suggest artistic arguments for giving to his work the forms that he felt.

所有其他人——亨特、理查森、约翰·拉法奇、斯坦福·怀特——都兴高采烈；只有 St. Gaudens 永远不会讨论或详述某种情感，也不会提出艺术论据来为他的作品赋予他所感受到的形式。