Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.

-- Simon Newcomb 西蒙·纽科姆

每当在可到达的地区看到日全食时，就派人去观察。

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Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.

国家就像星星一样，有权利被吞噬。一切都很好，只要光明回来，日食不会变成无尽的黑夜。黎明和复活是同义词。光的再现就如同灵魂的生存。

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You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape.

在人类的经验中，你不能冲向光。你必须在正午到来之前穿过黄昏，进入宽阔的白昼，此时，太阳已经完全照在大地上。

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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

痛苦和愚昧是大福，又是全备的知识，因为永生的智慧，在日光之下，没有一样是徒然的。

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