biographer 的詞源
biographer(n.)
"寫一個人生活和行動的描述的人",1715年,來自 biography + -er (1)。早期的詞語是 biographist (1660年代)。被寫作對象的 Biographee 來自1841年。
Of every great and eminent character, part breaks forth into public view, and part lies hid in domestic privacy. Those qualities which have been exerted in any known and lasting performances may, at any distance of time, be traced and estimated; but silent excellencies are soon forgotten; and those minute peculiarities which discriminate every man from all others, if the are not recorded by those whom personal knowledge enabled to observe them, are irrecoverably lost. [Johnson, "Life of Sir Thomas Browne," 1756]
每個偉大和傑出的人物,一部分展現在公衆視野中,一部分則隱藏在家庭隱私中。那些在任何已知和持久的表現中發揮的品質可以在任何時間距離內被追蹤和評估; 但是沉默的優點很快就會被遺忘; 如果不是那些個人知識使他們能夠觀察到這些特點的人記錄下來,那些區分每個人與衆不同的微小特點將不可挽回地丟失。[約翰遜,《托馬斯·布朗爵士的生平》,1756年]
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