Yet evidently something was wrong here, for the poet and the historian ought to have different methods, and Macaulay's method ought to be imitable if it were sound; yet the method was more doubtful than the style.

然而显然这里有些地方不对劲， 因为诗人历史学家有不同的方法， 而麦考的方法如果可靠的是可以模仿的； 然而，方法比风格更令人怀疑。