They liked to imagine the inhabitants of the new continent “ as denizens of a golden age of sylvan innocence , or as implausibly superior savages ? moral exempla for the implicit chastisement of civilised vice 后者乐于见到新大陆的居住者是“森林精灵黄金时代的居民，或是难以置信的高等蛮人? ?作为例证，说明了对受过教化的恶习不容置疑的惩罚” 。