Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

  • -- Abraham Flexner 亚伯拉罕·弗莱克斯纳

最近,一些国家被迫借了数十亿美元用于战争;从来没有一个国家在很大程度上借钱用于教育……没有一个国家富裕到既能支付战争又能支付文明的费用。我们必须做出选择;我们不能两者兼得。

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When I was at Hartford in Connecticut, where I lived during the war, I published several pieces which were well received, not only by those of my own colour, but by a number of the white people, who thought they might do good among their servants.

战争期间,我住在康涅狄格的哈特福德。我发表了几篇文章,不仅受到同我肤色的人的欢迎,而且受到一些白人的欢迎。

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

个人的自由不是文明的礼物。在任何文明出现之前,它是最伟大的。

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

城市一直是文明的壁炉,那里的光和热辐射到黑暗中。

There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.

如果大国采取行动,小国的危险就不大。

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

最幸福的女人,就像最幸福的民族一样,没有历史。

One day nations will go to war over clouds.

总有一天,各国将因阴云密布而开战。