As usual, Adams found himself fifty years behind his time, but a number of belated wanderers kept him company, and they produced on each other the effect or illusion of a public opinion.

和往常一样， 亚当斯发现自己落后于他的时代五十年， 但一些迟来的流浪者陪伴着他， 他们相互产生了公众舆论的影响或幻觉。