War is not an academic exercise.

  • -- William Scott Ritter Jr. 威廉·斯科特·里特

战争不是学术活动。

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When I was an academic, I'd sometimes get a little feeling of excitement when I had an idea that was, I hoped, fresh. And whether anyone should act on that idea is a very different question.

当我还是个学者的时候,当我有了一个我希望是新鲜的想法时,我有时会感到有点兴奋。而是否有人应该按照这个想法行事,则是一个完全不同的问题。

Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.

不论战船的数量是多少,通常都分为三个中队;这些人,虽多,也是分散的。

I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags.

我觉得很有趣的是,有些学者试图分析学生大脑中的化学变化,同时又让他们接触笑料。

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

战争荒谬而可怕的地方在于,那些没有个人恩怨的人应该被训练成冷血地自相残杀。