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When Europeans came upon real ruined cities they refused to believe that they had been built by Africans. Here the past has been distorted and denied.
当欧洲人来到真正被摧毁的城市时，他们拒绝相信这些城市是由非洲人建造的。在这里，过去被歪曲和否认。
— Henry Louis Gates Jr. 小亨利·路易斯·盖茨
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更多好句 ↗The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves.
要想知道人们在特定时期过着怎样的生活，唯一的方法就是挖掘他们的记录，让他们为自己说话。
John Dos Passos
约翰·多斯·帕索斯
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
人不能从历史的教训中学到很多东西，这是所有历史教训中最重要的一条。
Aldous Huxley
奥尔德斯·赫胥黎
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.
人们从历史的教训中学不到多少，而这是所有历史教训中最重要的。
Aldous Huxley
奥尔德斯·赫胥黎
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
在人类(以及动物)的漫长历史中，那些学会了最有效地合作和即兴发挥的人占了上风。
Charles Darwin
查尔斯·达尔文
The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
爱好浪漫的人可以到别处去寻求满足，但爱好真理的人如果不求助于历史，又能向何处求助呢?
Katharine Anthony
凯萨琳·安东尼
No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
对任何青年来说，最大的伤害莫过于让他感到，因为他属于这个或那个种族，无论他自己的功绩或努力如何，他都会在生活中获得进步。
Booker T. Washington
布克·华盛顿