For one thing, as I've adumbrated, the ager publicus tended to wind up not in the government's hands, but in the hands of the conquering generals and friends of the conquering generals.

我说过的一件事，公地可能最终不政府的掌握中，而是获胜的将军或者将军的朋友手中。

But their merit consists in the fact that they do not adumbrate, or initiate, or anticipate anything; they exist, perfect, complete, entire in themselves.

但他们的优点于，他们不预、或预见任何事情；他们只做事。它们本身是存的、完美的、完整的、完整的。