The beginning of equality under the law; the advent of due process; the birth of human rights. Whatever. For the British, this year’s truly momentous anniversaries do not concern Magna Carta. We should instead celebrate 1415 and 1815, the battles of Agincourt and Waterloo. Not only did they involve Britain’s favourite historical activity of beating the French, they contrived to achieve it in the most British way possible: by getting the enemy stuck in the mud.
法律面前人人平等原則的發端；正當程式的起源；人權的誕生。諸如此類。對英國人來說，今年真正重大的紀念日並不關乎《大憲章》(Magna Carta)。我們其實應該慶祝1415年的阿金庫爾戰役(Battle of Agincourt)和1815年的滑鐵盧戰役(Batttle of Waterloo)。它們不僅涉及英國人最喜愛的歷史性活動——擊敗法國人，而且是用最富有英國人特色的方式實現的：讓敵人陷在泥沼裏。
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