Diversity is a survival factor for the community itself. A community of a hundred million species can survive almost anything short of a global catastrophe.

  • -- Daniel Quinn 丹尼尔·奎因

多样性是社区自身的生存因素。一个由一亿物种组成的群落几乎可以在任何情况下生存,除了全球性灾难。

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Today we stand on a bridge leading from the territorial state to the world community. Politically, we are still governed by the concept of the territorial state; economically and technically, we live under the auspices of worldwide communications and worldwide markets.

今天,我们站在从领土国家通往国际社会的桥梁上。在政治上,我们仍然受到领土国家概念的支配;在经济和技术上,我们生活在全球通讯和全球市场的支持下。

The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social consensus which is slowly writing justice in the State and fraternity in the social order.

地球已经准备好了,时机已经成熟,可以权威地表达女性以及男性对共同社会共识的解释,这种共识正在慢慢地在国家中书写正义,在社会秩序中书写友爱。

We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the shows. It was only with the courage and arrogance of youth that we survived.

我们在开始一个大陀螺的时候遇到了所有的问题。帐篷第一天就塌了。我们很难让观众进入节目。只有以年轻人的勇气和傲慢,我们才能活下来。

These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, ... They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.

这些学生很勇敢,这是一次他们永远不会忘记的经历。他们抱着希望,有力量和决心活下去。