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Human beings, in their generous endeavour to construct a hypothesis that shall not degrade a First Cause, have always hesitated to conceive a dominant power of a lower moral quality than their own.

人类在其慷慨的努力构建一个不会降低第一个原因的假设时，总是犹豫要不要设想一个比他们自己的道德品质更低的主导力量。

— Thomas Hardy 哈代