Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.
当然，现在是时候研究语言的意义和事物的本质，并得出一些简单的事实，这些事实不是根据有学问的权威的格言而得到的，而是根据我们对周围发生的事情的仔细观察而得到的。