The minister pushes quixotically ahead with his reform programme in the face of vehement opposition .
尽管面临强烈反对,部长仍在无视现实地推行他的改革方案。
But the splendid picture of his grandfather , in a perpetual state of rage , bare of head with a black cape which " fluttered behind him like a pair of wings " , as he quixotically attacks the prejudice all around him , is worth a mild sigh or two .