at bottom困难

“Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here,” wrote the Victorian sage Thomas Carlyle.

“世界历史，即人类在这个世界上所成就之事的历史，归根结底是在此奋斗过的伟人的历史。”维多利亚时代的哲人托马斯·卡莱尔如是写道。