A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.

  • -- Lafcadio Hearn 小泉八云

在我们知识较少的时代,我们认为许多事情是迷信的或无用的,但今天经过检验证明,它们对人类具有极大的价值。

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Meanwhile, we too admit that the present is an important time... We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our own position in it.

同时,我们也承认现在是一个重要的时刻…我们真有智慧,能辨明我们当时的征兆。通过了解它的需要和优势,明智地调整我们在其中的位置。

People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time

那些养成将自己视为世界公民的习惯的人,正在满足我们这个时代对理智的首要要求