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The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.

  • -- Arthur Young 亚瑟·扬

对机械一无所知的哲学家倾向于把人仅仅看作一种机械，并以此暗示人是没有目的的。这表明我们对机器和人类都缺乏了解。

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And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as I mentioned before, we were back of seven, eight years.

购买新机器不仅意味着生产的可能性，甚至意味着新技术，因为正如我之前提到的，我们回到了七八年以前。

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Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

事实不能说明一切。他们支持或反对相互竞争的理论。脱离理论或幻想的事实只是孤立的奇闻异事。

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Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.

就目前的情况来看，哲学家们都太喜欢从高层提出批评，而不是从内部研究和理解事物。

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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

永远不要担心理论，只要机器做它应该做的。

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Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers.

哲学家为教授写作;作家思想家。

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I do not give money for just mere hopes.

我不会仅仅为了希望而捐钱。

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