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The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before.

  • -- Asa Gray ASA灰色

现在最好的意见是，有许多形态没有足够的区别来区分植物或动物，而就普通的植物和动物而言，给它们下一个定义比以往任何时候都困难得多。

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It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend.

人们总是明白，植物和动物虽然在它们的高级代表中是完全对立的，但在它们的低级和较简单的形式中却非常接近对方。但他们被认为不会融合。

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The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

对我来说，动物的命运比害怕显得可笑更重要;它与人类的命运密不可分。

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If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.

如果我们不像关心孩子一样关心我们的植物，我们现在就会生活在杂草丛生的丛林中。

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Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.

普通人生活在奇迹之中，不会感到惊奇，对事物越来越熟悉，却对它们一无所知。

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To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.

人也会犯错，因为动物很少或从不犯错，或者至少只有最聪明的动物才会犯错。

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The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.

赢得比赛的球队是通过研究对手而把功课做得最好的球队。

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I think people, for the most part, actually want what they think is best.

我认为，在大多数情况下，人们实际上想要的是他们认为最好的。

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Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.

花似乎是用来安慰普通人的。

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