I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.

  • -- Ibrahim Babangida 易卜拉欣·巴班吉达

我认为,历史学家和历史事件的分析者需要事件的现场目击者所提供的事实的权威性,他们把这些事件作为他们研究的主题。

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I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with a microscope, because then I start thinking about the world of germs around us.

我想如果我不是那么神经质的话,我可能已经是某种法医分析师了。我不能用显微镜做任何事,因为我开始思考我们周围的细菌世界。

Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.

没有过去的国家在某些方面是矛盾的。造就一个国家的是过去,证明一个国家反对其他国家的正当性的是过去,历史学家是创造历史的人。

His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us no other choice.

他在世上的权柄,使我们敢于往万民那里去。他在天上的权柄给了我们成功的唯一希望。他的存在让我们别无选择。

One is to ensure that the war fighters and the intelligence analysts get the information that they need when they need it, in a format that's useful to them.

一是确保作战人员和情报分析人员在需要的时候得到对他们有用的信息。

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

这是否意味着我拒绝一切权威?打消念头。在靴子的问题上,我听从制鞋商的权威。

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

历史学家讲述过去的故事,小说家讲述现在的故事。