napoleon had, i think, no ideological preference for france over corsica, but if he had become emperor of corsica he would not have been so great a man as he became by pretending to be a frenchman.
我想,拿破侖对科西嘉(拿破侖的故国,之前拿破侖一直想带领科西嘉摆脱法国的殖民统治,译者注)和法国不会有什么意识形态上的偏好,但是如果他成了科西嘉的皇帝,他不会有现在那么伟大,尽管为此他必须假冒自己是个法国人。