It must be admitted that there is a degree of instability which is inconsistent with civilization. But, on the whole, the great ages have been unstable ones.

  • -- Alfred North Whitehead 阿尔弗雷德北怀特黑德

必须承认,有某种程度的不稳定是与文明不符的。但是,总的来说,伟大的时代是不稳定的。

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The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

社会正义的挑战是唤起一种社区意识,我们需要使我们的国家成为一个更美好的地方,正如我们使它成为一个更安全的地方一样。

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

一般来说,只有很少的感觉,似乎是在任何特定场合下避免感觉太多的唯一保障。