An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

  • -- Peter Utley 彼得·乌特利

讣告应该是当代史上的一种练习,而不是葬礼上的演说。

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To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

正确理解和运用有价值的格言需要天才;一种至关重要的占用心智的活动,与最初创造它的人密切相关。

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

我再说一遍……一切权力都是信任;我们对它的运作负责;一切源于人民、为了人民而生,一切都必须存在。