With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of years to millennia. With the emergence of science as a way of knowing the universe, the rate of change shifted to centuries.

-- William Irwin Thompson 威廉·厄文·汤普森

随着文明的出现，变化的速度从几十万年变成了几千年。随着科学作为了解宇宙的一种方式的出现，变化的速度转移到了几个世纪。

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In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.

在发现秘密的事物和研究隐藏的原因时，从可靠的实验和论证中得到的理由比从一般哲学投机者的推测和意见中得到的理由更充分。

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Walls, no less than writing, define civilization. They are monuments of resistance against time, like writing itself.

墙壁，和文字一样，定义了文明。它们是抵抗时间的纪念碑，就像写作本身一样。

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Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.

毕竟，文明的定义是我们所禁止的，而不是我们所允许的。

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Scientist alone is true poet.

只有科学家才是真正的诗人。

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