It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers.

然而，这是一个完全不适合店主国家的项目，但非常适合政府受店主影响的国家。

To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight, appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.

建立一个伟大的帝国，其唯一目的是培养一群顾客，乍一看，这似乎是一个只适合店主国家的项目。