In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts. —
代表捕鲸的尊严，我只想提出确凿的事实。 —

But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause–such an advocate, would he not be blame-worthy?
但是，在战胜事实之后，律师如果完全忽视一个并不无理的猜测，这个猜测可能对他的辩护有重大影响–这样的律师，难道不应该受到责备吗？

It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through. —
众所周知，在加冕国王和王后的仪式中，甚至是现代的国王和王后，都会经历一种奇特的试炼之过程。 —

There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state. —
有一个所谓的国家调味瓶，可能还有一个所谓的国家调味瓶。 —

How they use the salt, precisely–who knows? —
他们如何使用盐，恰恰–谁知道呢？ —

Certain I am, however, that a king’s head is solemnly oiled at his coronation, even as a head of salad. —
但我确信的是，国王的头在加冕时是严肃地涂了油的，就像涂沙拉的头一样。 —

Can it be, though, that they anoint it with a view of making its interior run well, as they anoint machinery? —
但也可能他们给它抹油是为了使它的内部运行顺畅，就像他们润滑机器一样？ —

Much might be ruminated here, concerning the essential dignity of this regal process, because in common life we esteem but meanly and contemptibly a fellow who anoints his hair, and palpably smells of that anointing. —
在这里，我们可以深思这种加冕仪式的基本尊严，因为在日常生活中，我们对涂抹头油并明显闻起那种味道的人持轻蔑的态度。 —

In truth, a mature man who uses hairoil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere. —
实际上，一个成熟男性如果使用头发油，除非有医疗需要，那么他可能某个地方有软弱的地方。 —

As a general rule, he can’t amount to much in his totality.
一般来说，在整体上他可能不会取得什么成就。

But the only thing to be considered here is this–what kind of oil is used at coronations? —
但这里唯一需要考虑的是–在加冕仪式上使用什么样的油？ —

Certainly it cannot be olive oil, nor macassar oil, nor castor oil, nor bear’s oil, nor train oil, nor cod-liver oil. —
当然不能是橄榄油，也不能是椰子油，亦或者蓖麻油、熊油、鲸油，或者鳕鱼肝油。 —

What then can it possibly be, but the sperm oil in its unmanufactured, unpolluted state, the sweetest of all oils?
那么可能是什么呢，除了纯净未加工的鲸油，最甜美的油以外呢？

Think of that, ye loyal Britons! we whalemen supply your kings and queens with coronation stuff!
想想这个，你们忠诚的英国人们！我们捕鲸人为你们的国王和王后提供加冕所需的东西！