Rather, we have a certain conception of the American citizen, character who is incomplete if he cannot competently access how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside of himself.

• 我们更应该具有的是作为美国公民的某种观念，这个公民人物如果不能恰当地认识到自己的生存和幸福是如何受到自身之外的事物的影响，那么其公民特征就是不完整的。