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It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

  • -- William Ralph Inge 英格

令人惊讶的是，人类的智慧是如此之少，而这些智慧却属于人类自己。

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And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?

说社会应该由最聪明、最优秀的人的意见来统治，虽然这是真的，但毫无用处。谁的意见决定谁是最聪明和最好的?

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The implication that everyone would have to accept its judgments uncritically, that it was a decision from which there could be no appeal, was astonishing.

这意味着每个人都必须不加批判地接受它的判断，这是一个不可能上诉的决定，这令人震惊。

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Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.

我们与印第安人的关系主要是由条约和贸易，或战争和征服所支配的。

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All that we know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing.

我们所知道的一切都是惊人的。更令人惊讶的是，这些被认为是已知的东西。

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