He was not a son of the soil.

。 他不是土地之子。

Jefferson and his three successors called themselves Republicans and professed a genuine faith in the people but they were not " of the people" themselves;they were not sons of the soil or the workshop.

杰斐逊和他的三位继任者自称为共和党人，并表示对人民有真正的信仰，但他们自己并不是“人民的”；他们不是土地或工厂的儿子。