意味の分かりにくい英文です
"The world knows nothing of its greatest men." That may be true, but how can we tell?
If we know nothing about them, we cannot tell whether they were great. But there is a good chance that, by the time the world knows about them, they will have ceased to be great.
A man usually does his best work just before he is found out. If he has done anything very well, there is a conspiracy to prevent him from doing it again. He becomes a celebrity, and the lion-hunters give him no peace. It must be owned that sometimes he likes it.
上記で、But there is a good chance that, by the time the world knows about them, they will have ceased to be great.
If he has done anything very well, there is a conspiracy to prevent him from doing it again.
It must be owned that sometimes he likes it.
などが特によく理解出来ません。
よろしくお願いいたします。
お礼
ありがとうございます。