Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.

  • -- William Ellery Channing 钱宁

品格的伟大完全在于灵魂的力量,也就是说,在于思想、道德原则和爱的力量,而这一点可以从生活中最卑微的状态中找到。

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This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity.

这不是人与人之间的竞争。全地最卑微的国民,若披著公义的兵器,比一切犯罪的军兵更强。我来到你们面前,是为了捍卫一项和自由一样神圣的事业——人类的事业。

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.

许多以前不为人知的原因,现在正以一种综合的力量起作用,以钝化思维的辨别能力,并使之不适合所有自愿的努力,以把它减少到近乎野蛮的麻木状态。

Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper.

每天早晨,我的角色们都带着雾蒙蒙的脸迎接我,尽管有些冷淡,但他们愿意鼓起勇气,在耀眼的流沙和空白纸的沼泽中再向前走一天。

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.

全地最卑微的国民,若披著公义的兵器,比一切犯罪的军兵更强。

Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out.

老师不太喜欢我。他们以为我只是个小混混,总想把我赶出去。

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

我最初的反应是起诉她诽谤我的人格,但后来我意识到我没有人格。

I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life.

我总是编押韵。但我从未想过诗歌会成为我的生活。

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.

不相信力就等于不相信万有引力。