In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.

  • -- Wilma Mankiller 曼基勒

易洛魁人的社会鼓励领导者在做影响人民的决定时,要记住过去的七代人,并考虑未来的七代人。

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It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.

令人惊讶的是,几代人很快就忽略了其他几代人。和我一起工作的年轻作曲家们说的第一件事就是他们想创作人们喜欢的音乐,而不是通过被观众拒绝来获得他们的证书。

Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.

教育可以抵消做错事的自然倾向,但世代相传的必然要求不断更新这种知识的基础。