On emerging from the Old Manse, it was chiefly this strange, indolent, unjoyous attachment for my native town that brought me to fill a place in Uncle Sam's brick edifice, when I might as well, or better, have gone somewhere else.

从 Old Manse 出来后，主要是出于对家乡的这种奇怪的、懒惰的、不愉快的依恋，让我在山姆大叔的砖砌建筑中占据一席之地，而我还不如去别的地方，或者更好。