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If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

  • -- John Stuart Mill 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔

如果除一人之外的所有人都持同一种意见，那么人类就没有理由压制那个人，正如他如果有权力，也没有理由压制人类一样。

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For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.

一个作家边写边写，就像他犯了相反的错误一样，应该受到谴责;因为这给他所说的话带来了一种迂腐的效果，同时也使他的话难以理解。

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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

在我们的国家里，由于上帝的仁慈，我们拥有三种说不出的宝贵的东西:言论自由、良心自由，以及从不实践这三种东西的谨慎。

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为原则而活，为某些改革的胜利而活，通过这些改革，全人类都将被提升到与一种理念结合起来，这也许毕竟是最神圣、最幸福的婚姻。

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A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

一个值得深思的奇妙事实是，每一个人的生命都是如此的神秘莫测。

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He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.

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