The Coming Race

My family, therefore, enjoyed a somewhat high social position in right of birth; and being also opulent, they were considered disqualified for the public service.

因此，我的家族凭借出生就享有相当高的社会地位；同时由于富有，他们被认为不适合从事公共服务。

I was the eldest of three sons, and sent at the age of sixteen to the old country, partly to complete my literary education, partly to commence my commercial training in a mercantile firm at Liverpool.

我是三个儿子中的长子，十六岁时被送往旧国，部分是为了完成我的文学教育，部分是为了在利物浦的一家商行开始我的商业培训。