The American mind had less respect for money than the European or Asiatic mind, and bore its loss more easily; but it had been deflected by its pursuit till it could turn in no other direction.
美国人的思想比欧洲或亚洲的思想更不尊重金钱,更容易承受金钱的损失;但是它被它的追击打偏了,直到它无法转向其他方向。