If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.

  • -- E. O. Wilson 威尔森

如果所有人类都消失了,世界将重新恢复一万年前存在的丰富的平衡状态。如果昆虫消失了,环境就会陷入混乱。

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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.

人类的神圣权利不能在古老的羊皮纸卷或发霉的记录中翻找。它们就像一束阳光一样,由神亲自书写在人类本性的全集里;而且永远无法抹去。

If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.

如果一个人在全人类中找到了一个朋友,那么他就找到了比任何财富都珍贵的东西,因为世界上没有什么东西比真正的朋友更珍贵。