Embedded in this short history is all the elusiveness of human identity;

上述简短的历史回顾说明，准确识别人类身份并不容易；

Mr Osborne's elusiveness would matter less, were the gap between his public profile and his influence smaller.

如果奥斯本先生的公共形象和他的影响力没有如此显著的差异的话，他的不为人知也就不那么重要了。

Embedded in this short history is all the elusiveness of human identity; each new advance reveals the flaws in earlier systems.

上述简短的历史回顾说明，准确识别人类身份并不容易；每一个新的进展都能揭示出旧系统中的缺点。