The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

生存的斗争不仅存在于物质世界,也存在于精神世界。理论是一种思维,它的生存权与它抵抗竞争对手灭绝的能力是相辅相成的。

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After I changed the string we picked up right where we left off - and punched back in at the same time. I don't know if this has ever been done before. The engineer sort of looked at us weird, but we got it on the first take.

在我改变了字符串之后,我们从停止的地方重新开始——同时又重新打孔。我不知道以前是否有人这么做过。工程师有点奇怪地看着我们,但我们第一次拍的时候就明白了。

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on a wall, I think we'd see, The beauty then and stand staring in awe.

如果这个世界能像墙上的一幅画一样留在一个画框里,我想我们会看到,那时的美,站在那里敬畏地凝视着。

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

任何想法都不可能成功,除非以牺牲为代价;没有人能在生活的斗争中不经受住压力而逃脱。

This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.

这是可怕的。我不知道我会发生什么,也不知道世界上其他人会发生什么。

If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.

如果我奋斗的时候你不在,那就别指望我成功的时候你在。

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

有很多人读书只是为了阻止自己思考。

There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.

对的只有一个,错的可能性是无限的。

I made a couple bad pitches, but I'll take this and build off it.

我投了几个很差的球,但我会把这个球补上。