Calhoun had been too ill to hear Clay's speech. He spent the last week in February writing what he believed to be the true position of the South.

卡尔霍恩病情严重，无法去听克莱的演讲。他在二月份最后一个星期里撰写了他所认为的南方的真正地位。

Having once mastered the true position and taken a firm footing there, the vast field of mythical constructions became intelligible, nay, luminous with the reflected light of correspondences.

一旦掌握了真正的位置并在那里站稳了脚跟， 广阔的神话建筑领域就变得可以理解， 不，随着对应关系的反射光而发光。