We judge our ancestors from a more divine position; and the dust being a little laid with several centuries, we can see both sides adorned with human virtues and fighting with a show of right.
我们站在更接近超然的位置评判先人;几个世纪让尘埃稍稍落定,我们于是能够看见,双方都有人的美德,也都带着自认为正当的理由而战。
— Robert Louis Stevenson · Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes · Florac —