他辞让了一番，才在前排就座。

After first politely declining, he eventually took a seat in the front row.

他强调人应有恻隐之心、羞恶之心、辞让之心、是非之心，否则便是“非人也”。

He emphasizes that human beings should have the sense of sympathy, of shame, of modesty and of right and wrong. He maintains otherwise the human being would become "inhuman".

实际上，你的说辞让我想知道，过去35年你一直住在哪里。

Indeed, your moralising makes me wonder where you have lived for the past 35 years.