On the whole, the personal outlook, merely for literary purposes, seemed fairly cheerful, and the political outlook, though hazy, still depended on Grant himself.

总的来说，个人观点，仅就文学而言，似乎还算开朗，而政治观点虽然朦胧，但仍取决于格兰特本人。

It is quite unnerving to think that you  would have an entirely different religious and political outlook on life if you were born in  a certain time and under certain circumstances.

如果你出生在特定的时间和特定的环境中，那么想到你会有完全不同的宗教和政治人生观是非常令人不安的。