In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question.

  • -- William Godwin 威廉·葛德文

在某些情况下,每件事都是可以理解的,可以衡量的,可以简化为规则,爱是不可能的。

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It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend.

人们总是明白,植物和动物虽然在它们的高级代表中是完全对立的,但在它们的低级和较简单的形式中却非常接近对方。但他们被认为不会融合。

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.

一般来说,黑人银行之所以倒闭,是因为人们被教育说,他们自己的商业先驱不能在这个领域发挥作用,于是取出了存款。

I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.

在我还没有听到真正的语言之前,我就清楚地理解了明智使用的概念,因为我的父亲不允许我们浪费任何东西。

And the rule still holds true: more diversity translates into more division between students.

这条规则仍然适用:学生之间的分歧越大,多样性就越明显。