Reform is born of need, not pity.

  • -- Rebecca Harding Davis 丽贝卡·戴维斯

改革源于需要,而不是怜悯。

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It is not the reformer's function to inform people of the truth-- in most cases they already know it. It is his task, rather, as the name implies, to reform them, to change them in such away that they will accept and be guided by the truth that they know.

改革者的职责不是告诉人们真相——在大多数情况下,他们已经知道真相了。这是他的任务,相反,正如名字所暗示的,改革他们,改变他们,使他们能够接受并被他们所知道的真理所引导。

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

什么时候,我们的良心会变得如此温柔,以至于我们会采取行动,阻止人类的苦难,而不是为之复仇?