Perhaps Henry learned something in Rome, though he never knew it, and never sought it. Rome dwarfs teachers. The greatest men of the age scarcely bore the test of posing with Rome for a background.

也许亨利在罗马学到了一些东西，尽管他从来不知道，也从不寻求。罗马让教师相形见绌。这个时代最伟大的人物几乎没有经受过以罗马为背景的考验。