It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it.

  • -- Francis William Aston 弗朗西斯·威廉·阿斯顿

人们早就知道氢的化学原子量大于氦的四分之一,但只要分数权重是一般的,就没有必要特别解释这个事实,也不能从中得出任何明确的结论。

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The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not sufficient to account for the nature of organized systems in general or for those created by man in particular.

但是,恢复秩序作为一项普遍原则,同时也表明,秩序本身并不足以说明一般有组织的系统的性质,或特别是人类创造的系统的性质。

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.

请给我解释一下,为什么在我们的文学艺术中,总是有一些在这个领域绝对无能的人说了算。

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

作为一个小商人,你没有比真相更大的影响力。

What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.

过去的就让它过去吧。我想这是普遍的态度。

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.

永远保持微笑。这就是我长寿的原因。

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

越是无知,越是教条。