I have not drawn my principles from my prejudices, but from the nature of things.

我的这些原则并非是我的偏见，而是从各种事物的特性中精选而出的。

The station of a farmer, besides, is, from the nature of things, inferior to that of a proprietor.

此外，从事物的性质来看，农夫的地位不如地主。

The principal, perhaps, arise, not from the nature of things, but from the prejudices and opinions of the people, both on this and on the other side of the Atlantic.

或许，主要不是来自事物的本质，而是来自大西洋彼岸和大西洋彼岸人们的偏见和意见。