Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.

  • -- Georges Cuvier 乔治·居维叶

为什么没有人看到化石本身就产生了一种关于地球形成的理论呢?如果没有化石,没有人会想到地球的形成会有连续的时代。

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There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.

很少有人能从瞬间的光照中获得完整而惊人的真理。他们中的大多数人都是通过细胞的连续发展,在小范围内,一个片段一个片段地获得它,就像一个费力的马赛克。

There are always lessons that can be learned from another manufacturer. You can learn from their successes and from their mistakes also. But you cannot replicate; you can only learn.

总有一些教训可以从其他制造商那里学到。你可以从他们的成功和错误中学习。但你无法复制;你只能学习。

The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.

大都市展现了自己作为一个伟大的历史形成,在其中对立的溪流包围着生活展开,并以平等的权利连接在一起。

The troops are therefore empowered and are in duty bound in this war to use without mitigation even against women and children any means that will lead to success.

因此,部队被赋予权力,在这场战争中有责任使用任何将导致成功的手段,而不减轻甚至对妇女和儿童的伤害。

Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.

在地球上摘一朵花,你就能移动最远的星星。

All the earth will see you're a great god.

全世界都会看到你是一个伟大的上帝。