If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

-- George Bancroft 班克罗夫特

如果理性是一种普遍的能力，那么普通头脑的决定就是对真理最接近的判断标准。

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By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?

的标准……我们能在无数的结果中加以区分吗?这些结果也是原因，而在我们所知道的原因中，也许也是结果，我们怎么能区分哪些是手段，哪些是目的呢?

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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.

钢琴是一种通用的乐器。如果你从那里开始，学习你的理论和如何阅读，你可以继续学习其他任何乐器。

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The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths.

你越具体，就越能触及更广泛的普遍真理。

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Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

想要最少东西的人最接近上帝。

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