I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vast chain of events which his sight could not take in.

  • -- Alfred de Vigny 维尼

那么,我想,那个人在满足了他最初对事实的渴望之后,想要更全面的东西——某种对他的能力和经验的组合,某种对他的视野所不能理解的这一连串事件的联系的适应。

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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

大多数人都有一种近乎无限的能力,认为一切都是理所当然的。人不能从历史的教训中学到很多东西,这是所有历史教训中最重要的一条。