Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as the locomotive muscles are by too much walking; and I therefore proposed to them to take a brief rest.

  • -- George Combe 乔治·康布

颅相学告诉我们,大脑通过大脑思考,很容易因为太长时间的注意力而疲劳,就像火车头的肌肉由于走得太多而疲劳一样;因此,我建议他们休息一下。

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So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.

我们常常试图改变环境来适应自己,而不是让它们改变我们,而这正是它们的本意。

We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins.

我们似乎有能力,但到下个世纪末,将会有新的沙漠,新的废墟。