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Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

  • -- Theodore Dreiser 西奥多·德莱塞

我们的文明仍处于中间阶段，几乎可以说是禽兽，因为它不再完全受本能的支配;几乎没有人性，因为它还没有完全被理性所引导。

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These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.

这些天来，在国家和个人之间没有足够的这种中间团体，其结果是，政治领导人往往受到民意调查的过分指导。

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Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.

当然，我们一直在行动;这是我们所有人与生俱来的本能。我们中的一些人比其他人更擅长，但我们都这样做。

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Civilization is nothing else than the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.

文明无非是企图把武力减少到最后的手段。

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Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

人类文明始于第一次一个愤怒的人用一个词来代替石头。

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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

预测者的羊群本能让羊看起来像是独立的思考者。

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All policies should be guided by science, not just whose voice is the loudest.

所有的政策都应该以科学为指导，而不仅仅是谁的声音最大。

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We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

我们几乎不能恨我们认识的任何人。

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