He would have obtained powerful support against the mayor but the elections might supervene, and it was only too evident that the directorship of the workhouse was inconsistent with voting on the wrong side.

他本可以获得强有力的支持反对市长，但选举可能而来，而且济贫院的董事职位与投票给错误的一一致的，这一点再清楚过了。

I am far from meaning that this is invariably the case, and I could give several exceptional cases of variations (taking the word in the largest sense) which have supervened at an earlier age in the child than in the parent.

我并情况总如此，我可以举出几个例外的变异案例（从最大意义上使用这个词）， 这些变异在孩子身上发生的时间比在父母身上发生的时间早。