If I were a sculptor and desired to idealise the successful man of affairs, iron of nerve and leathery of conscience, I should choose Mr. Neil Gibson as my model.

如果我是一名雕塑家， 并希望理想化成功的事务家、钢铁般的勇气和坚韧的良心， 我应该选择尼尔·吉布森先生作为我的榜样。

The founders of Massachusetts were Puritan leaders and men of affairs whom King Charles I incorporated in 1629 under the title: " The governor and company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England."

马萨诸塞州的创始人是清教徒领袖和实干家， 查理一世国王于 1629 年以“新英格兰马萨诸塞湾总督和公司” 的名义成立了他们。

A man of thought, fancy, and sensibility (had he ten times the Surveyor's proportion of those qualities), may, at any time, be a man of affairs, if he will only choose to give himself the trouble.

一个有思想、有幻想和敏感的人（如果他在这些品质上的比例是测量员的十倍），只要他愿意给自己找麻烦，在任何时候都可能成为一个实干家。

James Bryce, an observant English scholar and man of affairs, in his great work, The American Commonwealth, published in 1888, by picturing fearlessly the political rings and machines which dominated the cities, gave the whole country a fresh shock.

詹姆斯·布赖斯， 一位敏锐的英国学者和实干家，在他 1888 年出版的巨著《美利坚合众国》中， 无所畏惧地描绘了统治城市的政治集团和机器，给整个国家带来了新的震撼。