Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.

  • -- Russell Hoban 罗素·霍本

语言是一种考古工具……我们所说的语言是人类努力和历史的全部重写本。

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Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.

人类的神经很快就适应了最不寻常的情况和环境。我注意到,尽管我们周围的大炮轰鸣,弹片在我们头上嗖嗖作响,但还是有相当多的人在战壕里精疲力竭地睡着了。

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

民族就像植物和人类一样生长。如果发展受阻,它们就会变得渺小和黯然失色。