By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

通过啃穿堤坝,即使是一只老鼠也可能淹死一个国家。

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Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere equaled, and with a vast territory upon which those energies and that genius can operate.

现在出生的许多人,到他们成为选民的时候,将成为这个国家的一部分,而这个国家的天才是其他任何地方都无法比拟的,而且这个国家拥有广阔的领土,可以让这些能量和天才发挥作用。

Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all.

只有当我们每一个人和每一个国家都学会爱全人类的秘密时,世界才会成为一个伟大的管弦乐队,跟随最伟大的指挥家的节拍。