It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized.

  • -- Asa Gray ASA灰色

人们想当然地认为每一种生物都是独特的植物或动物;这两者之间存在着真实而深刻的差异,只要能抓住它们就好了。

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In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically.

最终,我们将会受够愤世嫉俗、怀疑主义和欺骗,我们将会想要更有音乐感的生活。

Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things.

我们感知准确性的方式和统计上的准确性是两码事。

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

人是一种会使用工具的动物。没有工具,他什么也不是;有了工具,他就是一切。

The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.

人类动物与灵长类动物不同之处在于它对列表的热情。

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

你们是弓,儿女是从其中发出生命的箭。

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

三个人可以保守秘密,如果他们中的两个死了。