1.A blacksmith once said to me, when…asked why her was not both blacksmith and whitesmith, "The smith that will meddle with all things may go shoe the gosling."

1.有回，个铁匠，为什么兼做锡匠，他对说：“样样都搞工匠结果将无所成。”

2.A blacksmith once said to me, when…asked why he was not both blacksmith and whitesmith, "The smith that will meddle with all things may go shoe the gosling."

2.有回，个铁匠，为什么兼做锡匠，他对说：“样样都搞工匠结果将无所成。”

3.It is impossible to separate so entirely the business of the grazier from that of the corn-farmer as the trade of the carpenter is commonly separated from that of the smith.

3.木匠职业与铁匠职业，通常是截然分开，但畜牧者业务与种稻者业务，能象前者那样完全分开。