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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

  • -- Richard Dawkins 理查德·道金斯

说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调，但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。

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Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.

数学作为人类思维的一种表达方式，反映了人类积极的意志、沉思的理性和对审美完美的渴望。其基本要素是逻辑与直觉、分析与建构、共性与个性。

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During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful.

在伦敦逗留期间，我第一次与一些有机化学家建立了个人联系，我从文献中了解并欣赏他们的工作。我发现他们非常和蔼可亲，乐于助人。

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Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.

现代科学瞬息万变，任何实验室都不可能长期存在于一个以旧设备为基础的项目中。创新和革新是保持实验室在科学前沿的必要条件。

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I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.

我喜欢数学，因为它不是人类，它与这个星球或整个偶然的宇宙没有什么特别的关系——因为，就像斯宾诺莎笔下的上帝一样，它也不会反过来爱我们。

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Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.

正如农业的科学和艺术依赖于化学和植物学一样，教育的艺术也依赖于生理学和心理学。

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Neither the University of Michigan nor its law school uses a quota system.

密歇根大学及其法学院都没有使用配额制度。

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When I was in high school, I had binders with pictures of tour buses.

当我上高中的时候，我有一个旅游巴士图片的活页夹。

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Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

当文学一半是贸易，一半是艺术时，它才最繁荣。

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Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

是无知还是冷漠?我不知道，也不在乎。

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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

让无知随它去吧，学习有它的价值。

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