It is evident that one cannot say anything demonstrable about the problem before having resolved these preliminary questions, and yet we hardly possess the necessary information to solve some of them.

  • -- Georges Cuvier 乔治·居维叶

显然,在解决这些初步问题之前,我们不能对这个问题说任何可以证明的话,然而我们几乎没有必要的资料来解决其中一些问题。

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We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.

正如我前面提到过的,我们现在正沿着这条圣约瑟夫的小径走着。从种种迹象可以看出,在我们之前几天就有许多人参加了。由于我们也认为他们是摩门教徒,所以有些担心会被打断。

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

在科学问题上,一千人的权威并不值得一个人的简单推理。

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

很明显,怀疑主义虽然对人没有实际的改变,却总是使人感觉更好。

The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions.

智慧的关键是知道所有正确的问题。