Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.

  • -- Louis Agassiz 阿加西

每一个科学真理都有三个阶段:第一,人们说它与圣经相冲突;其次,他们说以前发现过;最后,他们说他们一直相信。

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Whether one sees the world as God's creation or as a secular mystery that science is on the way to figuring out, there is no denying the beauty and majesty of everything from mountain ranges, deserts, and rain forests to the exquisite details in the design of an ordinary mosquito.

无论一个人把世界看作是上帝的创造,还是科学正在探索的一个世俗的谜,从山脉、沙漠、雨林到普通蚊子设计的精美细节,一切都是美丽和威严的,这是不可否认的。

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

对人及其命运的关心必须始终是所有技术努力的主要利益。在你的图表和方程式中永远不要忘记这一点。

The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.

最大的冲突不是两个人之间的,而是一个人和他自己之间的。