The older the layers, the more each of them is uniform over a great extent; the newer the layers, the more they are limited and subject to variation within small distances.

  • -- Georges Cuvier 乔治·居维叶

年龄越大,各层在很大程度上越均匀;这些层越新,它们受到的限制就越多,在很小的距离内就会发生变化。

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My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.

我最大的拿手好戏就是让水牛在我的马头上打转,然后射杀它们的头领。这样,后面的野兽就被挤到左边去了,所以他们很快就转了一圈又一圈。

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.

幸福的生活在很大程度上必须是平静的生活,因为只有在平静的气氛中,真正的快乐才敢生活。

A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

一屋子伟大的运动员比一屋子演员要好得多。

We pardon to the extent that we love.

我们爱到什么程度就原谅什么程度。