What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

-- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

如果你没有一个可以忍受的星球，那么房子有什么用呢?

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The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.

这个毫无价值的地球上的最后一个声音将是两个人试图发射一艘自制的宇宙飞船，而且已经在为他们下一步要去哪里而争吵了。

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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

科学进步使道德进步成为必然;因为如果人的力量增强了，阻止他滥用力量的制约就必须加强。

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Disgust is so reassuring; it feels like a moral proof.

厌恶是如此令人安心;这似乎是一个道德上的证明。

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The curse on the hearth wounds the deepest.

炉边的诅咒伤得最深。

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