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No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion.

  • -- Christopher Dawson 克里斯多夫·道森

毫无疑问，西方文明在过去充满了战争和革命，而我们文化中的民族元素，即使被忽视，也总是提供了一种无意识的动力，激情和侵略性的自我主张。

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Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals.

第二，改变地球表面的革命的性质，对陆地四足动物所起的决定性作用，一定比对海洋动物所起的作用更大。

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It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.

有人说，妇女的地位是对文明的考验，我们妇女的地位是稳固的。我们的道德标准和我们血液的纯洁都赋予了他们。

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If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.

如果你觉得有什么事情是你应该做的，如果你对它有激情，那么停止希望，去做。

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It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else... begin to march us steadily backward.

正是你们从现在开始所做的，要么推动我们的文明向前迈进一小步，要么……开始让我们稳步后退。

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The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.

无论冲突大小，激情都是一样的。

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The worst of revolutions is a restoration.

革命最糟糕的是复辟。

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