The most vigorous expression of a resolution does not always coincide with the greatest vigour of the resolution itself. It is often flung out as a sort of prop to support a decaying conviction which, whilst strong, required no enunciation to prove it so.

表达决心时最强硬的话，并不总意味着决心本身最坚定。这样的宣言常常只是支撑动摇信念的一根拐杖；信念强大时，本不需要说出口来证明。