The book contrasts modern civilization with the ideal of the noble savage who lived in harmony with nature.

这本书将现代文明同与自然界和谐相处的高尚野蛮人的理想进行了对比。

It is written that the noble savage must never express surprise in the presence of the white.

据说，高贵的野蛮人在白人面前决不能表示惊讶。

When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

那时高贵的野蛮人正在野林里疾奔。

People regarded him as the noble savage.

人们认为他是个高贵的野蛮人。

A bit of the Bohemian rebel, a bit of the noble savage.

带着一点波希米亚式的反叛，还有一点贵族气的粗暴。

Perhaps it would be kindest just to let this noble savage run free.

也许就要这样让他自由不羁地奔跑，才是对待他的最佳方法。

But where people on the very edge of survival are concerned, romanticism over the "noble savage" fades to irrelevance.

但对于处于生存边缘的人们而言，“高尚的野蛮人”的浪漫主义褪色，变得毫不相干。

Not the "noble" savage — the "mobile" savage.

不是“高贵的”野蛮人 - 而是“可移动的”野蛮人。

Noble or savage?

高尚乎，野蛮乎？