In the matter of years, therefore, his career apparently belongs to the ante-bellum days, yet the most remarkable fact about this remarkable man is that his real life work did not begin until he had passed his seventieth year.
因此,就年岁而言,他的职业生涯显然属于战前时期,但这位杰出人物最引人注目的事实是,他真正的人生工作直到他七十岁才开始。