From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

  • -- Friedrich Engels 恩格斯

从第一天到今天,纯粹的贪婪是文明的驱动力。

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But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group.

但是,只有通过细胞分裂的过程,才能使个体得到区别,使个体区别于母体,并独立于母体,从而获得文明的品质或文化。

A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the most potent symbols of the freedom of the human spirit that the world has yet known.

对一种没有任何单一国家单位认同的表达形式的共同忠诚,很可能成为迄今世界所知的人类精神自由的最有力象征之一。

History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?

历史告诉我们,其他高度发达的文明形式已经崩溃。谁知道同样的命运是否正等着我们呢?

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.

旅行也可以是冒险精神稍微驯服,对于那些渴望做一些他们有点害怕的事情。