The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.

  • -- Georg Simmel 齐美尔

大都市展现了自己作为一个伟大的历史形成,在其中对立的溪流包围着生活展开,并以平等的权利连接在一起。

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Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.

为什么没有人看到化石本身就产生了一种关于地球形成的理论呢?如果没有化石,没有人会想到地球的形成会有连续的时代。

Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people.

通常当我第一次去一个地方,除非有什么历史或壮观的自然提供,我喜欢做的第一件事是看看人们的想法。

Historical science is being left in the dust.

历史科学正被抛诸脑后。