When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.

  • -- Gerrit Smith 赫里特·史密斯

当一个好人投身于奴隶制的倡导时,他必须至少在一段时间内,在他的新思想、学说和推理模式中,感到自己除了在家里之外,什么地方都是自在的。

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When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.

当我们废除了一半人类的奴隶制度,连同它所暗示的整个伪善体系,那么人类的“分裂”将揭示其真正的意义,人类夫妇将找到其真正的形式。

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.

我从事实和推理中得出我的意见,我的意见只适合我自己。如果人们不喜欢我的观点,那也没什么区别,因为我不征求他们的意见或投票。

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.

在每一项任务上都要做到最好,不管它在当时看起来多么不重要。对于一个问题,没有人比底层的人了解得更多。

To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.

把一切事物和事物的原则都看成是不固定的模式或风尚,已越来越成为现代思想的倾向。

I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.

我不相信事情会白白发生。我相信它们的发生是有原因的。

I didn't see myself doing TV. It's time-consuming.

我没有看到自己在做电视节目。它是耗时的。