Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.

-- William Whewell 惠威尔

基本思想不是经验的结果，而是头脑的特定结构和活动的结果，这种结构和活动独立于一切经验的起源，尽管在实践中不断地与经验相结合。

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It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.

只有一个人的基本思想中才有真理和生命。因为这是他真正完全理解的。读别人的思想，就像吃别人吃剩的饭，就像穿陌生人丢弃的衣服。

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The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds.

看到生活意味着从一个地方到另一个地方，做各种各样显而易见的事情，这种想法对于迟钝的头脑来说是一种自然的幻觉。

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My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person.

我心目中的好照片是聚焦于一个名人的照片。

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