In the development of this genre in recent years, Hegel, Marx, and Freud have eclipsed Macaulay and Carlyle, though Emerson and Goethe from time to time play honorable roles.

• 在这种文类最近的发展中，黑格尔，马克思以及弗洛依德已经使麦考莱和卡莱尔黯然失色，虽然爱默生和歌德不时扮演着令人尊敬的角色。