" ah , continued my father , still frowning , their idolized emperor treated these madmen as they deserved ; he called them food for powder , which was precisely all they were good for ; and i am delighted to see that the present government have adopted this salutary principle with all its pristine vigor ; if algiers were good for nothing but to furnish the means of carrying so admirable an idea into practice , it would be an acquisition well worthy of struggling to obtain “啊，我父亲还是皱着眉头说道，他们所崇拜的那位皇帝对待这些疯子的态度的确很合适，他把他们称作“炮灰” ，这两个字形容得再准确不过了。我很高兴看到现政府正极力实施这个有益的政策，即使驻军守卫阿尔及利亚只是为了那个目的，即使那个政策要花很多钱，我也要向政府道贺。 ”
