But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History facts.

  • -- Richard Owen 理查德·欧文

但是,正如我们以前所指出的那样,达尔文先生的大多数陈述由于含糊不清和不完整而没有受到自然史事实的检验。

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One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.

对永恒的一个定义是,我们在这个星球上并不孤单,有些人已经离开,有些人还会回来,还有一个精神共同体。

When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.

当你思考历史是如何被揭示的时候,我们知道某些事情在特定的时期是事实,但随着时间的推移,事实就不那么真实了。

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

事实是上帝的论据;我们应该小心,永远不要误解或歪曲他们。

My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.

我自己的想法是,这些东西就像风前的拨浪鼓。