The beginning of equality under the law; the advent of due process; the birth of human rights. Whatever. For the British, this year’s truly momentous anniversaries do not concern Magna Carta. We should instead celebrate 1415 and 1815, the battles of Agincourt and Waterloo. Not only did they involve Britain’s favourite historical activity of beating the French, they contrived to achieve it in the most British way possible: by getting the enemy stuck in the mud.
法律面前人人平等原則的發(fā)端；正當(dāng)程序的起源；人權(quán)的誕生。諸如此類。對英國人來說，今年真正重大的紀(jì)念日并不關(guān)乎《大憲章》(Magna Carta)。我們其實(shí)應(yīng)該慶祝1415年的阿金庫爾戰(zhàn)役(Battle of Agincourt)和1815年的滑鐵盧戰(zhàn)役(Batttle of Waterloo)。它們不僅涉及英國人最喜愛的歷史性活動(dòng)——擊敗法國人，而且是用最富有英國人特色的方式實(shí)現(xiàn)的：讓敵人陷在泥沼里。
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