The Moon and Sixpence （1）
1. I do not speak of that greatness which is achieved by the fortunate politician or the successful soldier
2.It may be that you do not like his art, but at all events you can hardly refuse it the tribute of your interest.
at all events无论如何
refuse sb. sth 或 refuse sth. sth.
3. He disturbs and arrests.
4. The time has passed when he was an object of ridicule, and it is no longer a mark of eccentricity to defend or of perversit to extol him.
defend，及物动词，宾语为被保护的对象；defend sth from/against sth 保卫……远离……
defence of 被保护的对象，defence against 侵犯对象
5. It is still possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors; but one thing can never be doubtful, and that is that he had genius.
