Sir Samuel Brittan, who died at the age of 86 on Monday, was the doyen of British economic journalists for over half a century. Yet he achieved this position because he was so much more than that. He was a passionate believer in freedom from any sort of tyranny, political or personal, a true intellectual and a man of conscience. These qualities radiated from everything he wrote. Not only the Financial Times but the wider world owes him an enormous debt for his contribution.
塞繆爾?布里坦爵士(Sir Samuel Brittan)于上周一去世,享年86歲。他曾在半個多世紀的漫長時期是英國經濟新聞界的泰斗。然而他獲得這個地位是因為他的質素遠遠不止于此。他是自由的熱情信仰者,深信一個人不應該受到任何形式的暴政——無論是政治上的,還是個人層面的。他是一個真正的知識分子,一個有良知的人。這些品質洋溢在他的筆下。不僅是英國《金融時報》,更廣泛的世界也極大地受益于他的貢獻。