You can't prove any hypothesis, you can only improve or disprove it.

  • -- Christopher Walter Monckton 克里斯托弗·沃尔特·蒙克顿

你不能证明任何假设,你只能改进或反驳它。

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As has repeatedly been stated, the underlying hypothesis, which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme.

正如人们一再指出的,在许多情况下得到直接实验证据支持的基本假设是,每个基因控制特定酶的产生、功能和特异性。

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

虽然文明一直在改善我们的住房,但它并没有同样改善住在其中的人。它创造了宫殿,但创造贵族和国王并不容易。

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

为了提高心智,我们应该多思考,少学习。