We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their whole existence are not sufficiently specialized to be distinctively plant or animal: yet these are definite life in simpler shape.

  • -- Asa Gray ASA灰色

我们曾说过,生命的规模是如此之小,以致于个体在其整个存在过程中还没有足够的专门化到足以成为独特的植物或动物;然而,这些都是更简单形式的确定的生命。

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There was an undercurrent of poverty throughout my childhood. We lived with my grandmother in her two-bedroom flat, and I slept with my parents. We had cheap holidays, I had to save for my bike and get a paper round as soon as I was old enough.

在我的童年时代,有一股贫穷的潜流。我们和我的祖母住在她的两居室里,我和我的父母睡在一起。我们有便宜的假期,我不得不为我的自行车攒钱,等我长大了就买一张纸。

The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history. Whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.

今天的问题同历史上所有的问题一样。人类是否应该被允许管理自己或被一小部分精英统治。

Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for centuries been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.

亲爱的、最受尊敬的书柜!我欢迎你们的存在,几个世纪以来,你们一直致力于美好和正义的光辉理想。

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.

买书比读书简单得多,读书比吸收书中的内容容易得多。

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century.

卡内基促进教学发展基金会在本世纪的大部分时间里一直存在。

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.

杂草是一种植物,除了学会如何成行生长外,它已经掌握了所有的生存技能。

The simpler it is, the more beautiful it will become.

它越简单,就会变得越漂亮。

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

如果一棵树死了,在它的地方再种一棵。