Still it is fair to say that this apparent supineness was not all due to the British generals.

仍然可以公平地说，这种明显的懒惰并不全是由于英国将军造成的。

Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates.

美德甚至不能通过投机获得，更不用说通过财富自然产生的消极懒惰获得了。

The Puritan came as the physician; he brought his tonic at the moment when lassitude and supineness would naturally have followed upon a supreme display of racial vitality.

清教徒以医生的身份出现；他带来了他的滋补品，此时此刻，在种族活力的极致展现之后，自然会感到疲倦和无力。