He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors.

他制订了几条原则，希望可以引导继任者。

...several critics hailed him then as the greatest living Scottish poet, the natural successor to his old friend Hugh MacDiarmid.

紧接着，一些评论家称赞他为当今苏格兰最伟大的诗人，是他的老朋友休·麦克迪尔米德理所当然的接班人。