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革命
Revolutions
Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals.
第二,改变地球表面的革命的性质,对陆地四足动物所起的决定性作用,一定比对海洋动物所起的作用更大。
But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers.
但是,造成地球现状的革命和变化并不局限于古老地层的倾覆和新地层形成后的海平面的下降。
No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion.
毫无疑问,西方文明在过去充满了战争和革命,而我们文化中的民族元素,即使被忽视,也总是提供了一种无意识的动力,激情和侵略性的自我主张。
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In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.
在革命中,权威仍然属于最伟大的恶棍。
Hate is able to provoke disorders, to ruin a social organization, to cast a country into a period of bloody revolutions; but it produces nothing.
仇恨能够引起混乱,破坏一个社会组织,使一个国家陷入血腥革命的时期;但它什么也不会产生。
Revolutions come about when small things happen to small people.
革命发生在小事情发生在小人物身上的时候。
Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.
像所有的革命一样,超现实主义革命是一种倒退,一种恢复,一种至关重要和不可或缺的精神需求的表达。
Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.
革命需要巨大的牺牲,与此同时,也创造了再次改变世界的新需要。
Revolutions are born of hope.
革命源于希望。