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Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.

  • -- Christopher Dawson 克里斯多夫·道森

每一个社会最后都依赖于对共同原则和共同理想的承认，如果它不能在道义上或精神上吸引其成员的忠诚，它就必然会分崩离析。

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Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.

虽然技术上的讨论对作曲家来说很有趣，但我怀疑音乐真正的魔力和精神力量来自于我们更深层次的心理。

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And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.

如果没有耐心和对这个标志着这个国家并定义了它的特征的机构的开放的研究，一个人就不能履行忠诚的义务。

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Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.

美必须吸引我们的感官，必须为我们提供即时的享受，必须给我们留下深刻的印象，或者毫不费力地潜移默化地融入我们。

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Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.

忠诚依旧，无论输赢;像太阳的刻度盘一样真实，虽然它不会发光。

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Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

每一次反抗行为都表达了对纯真的怀念和对存在本质的诉求。

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I could not work with a girl who did not have a spiritual quality.

我不能和一个没有精神品质的女孩一起工作。

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