Among nations of hunters, such as the native tribes of North America, age is the sole foundation of rank and precedency.

在猎人民族中， 例如北美的土著部落， 年龄是等级和优先权的唯一基础。

By the rules of precedency, a captain in the navy ranks with a colonel in the army; but he does not rank with him in the common estimation.

根据优先级规则， 海军上尉的军衔与陆军上校的军衔相同； 但在一般人的评价中， 他并不与他并列。

No society, whether barbarous or civilized, has ever found it convenient to settle the rules of precedency of rank and subordination, according to those invisible qualities; but according to something that is more plain and palpable.

任何社会，无论是野蛮的还是文明的，都发现根据这些看不见的品质来确定等级和从属的优先规则是方便的；但是根据更简单和明显的东西。