He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material.

  • -- George G. Simpson 乔治·辛普森

他是物质的一种状态,是生命的一种形式,是一种动物,是灵长类动物的一种,与所有的生命,甚至是所有的物质,几乎或遥远地相似。

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Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades.

人们认为虐待穷人就是虐待动物。他们从不认为平等是不公平的;不,这是对同志的背叛。

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.

在某种古老的传奇故事中,动物是程式化的角色——程式化是因为即使是最敏锐的动物,在扮演自己的角色时也没有多少回旋的余地。