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The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

自然知识的改善者绝对拒绝承认权威本身。对他来说，怀疑是最高的责任;盲目的信心是不可饶恕的罪。

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It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.

当我想起主，就是我以谦卑和孩童般的信心亲近的主，曾为我受苦，为我死，他必以慈爱和怜悯看顾我，这对我是极大的安慰。

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Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.

希望某一社会阶层在另一社会阶层处于困境时能最大程度地繁荣昌盛的人，不妨试一试其中一方是否成功;当另一个人被捏住的时候，他的脸可以微笑。

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Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me.

权威人士真让人恼火。因为他们总是告诉你做事情的理由不是很好。这就是权威对我的意义。

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Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

一个男人和他的妻子之间，除了爱，没有什么可以支配。权柄是给孩童和仆人的，却不是不可爱的。

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Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.

任何拒绝在校外发言的人都不配在校园里被倾听。

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Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.

在一切可见的事物中，最高的是天上的繁星。

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Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.

现实就是当我不再相信它时，它依然不肯离去。

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Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow.

相信我，先生，我们今天在这里，明天就走了。

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