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不对劲， 因为诗人历史学家应该有不同的法， 而麦考利的法果可靠的话应该是可以模仿的； 然而，法比风格更令人怀疑。