Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.

  • -- Wilhelm von Humboldt 威廉·冯·洪堡

胁迫可以防止许多违法行为;但它甚至剥夺了合法行为的一部分美。自由可能导致许多罪过,但它甚至给罪恶带来一种不那么可耻的形式。

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God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement.

神的痛苦之箭是锐利而痛苦的,所以他能引起我们的注意。他不会让他心爱的孩子逃脱罪的惩罚,因为他知道罪夺走了我们的祝福、机会,甚至是人格的优雅。

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak.

如果对我采取胁迫手段的人能通过辩论使我达到他的目的,毫无疑问,他会的。他假装要惩罚我,因为他的论据很充分;但他真的惩罚了我,因为他的论点站不住脚。

Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.

大学不是用来强迫他人的媒介,而是用来自由交流思想的媒介。