And so it is that his readers today enjoy his writings as those of a man who kept his mind sharply focused on the progress of events, but who first and last reserved the inalienable right to speak for himself.

因是之故，一直到今天，读者仍以阅读他的作品为乐，因为像他这一等人，总是关心世事，始终抗言直论，不稍隐讳的。