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农业
Agriculture
With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.
随着农业的引进，人类进入了一段漫长的贫困、痛苦和疯狂的时期，直到现在他们才被机器的仁慈运转所解放。
There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet.
我们没有必要吃肉、奶制品或鸡蛋。事实上，这些食物越来越多地与各种人类疾病联系在一起，而畜牧业对地球来说是一场环境灾难。
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing.
有一段时间，我试着做一名农业工人，但毫无希望地感到无聊。对我来说，这毫无意义。我会站在粪堆里，唱着我没有做的工作的美丽。
Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independant, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands
土地的耕种者是最有价值的公民。他们是最有活力、最独立、最高尚的人，他们与国家紧密相连，与国家的自由和利益紧密相连
The production of natural resources in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, stable natural hydrological cycles, fertile soils, a balanced climate and numerous other vital ecosystem services can only be permanently secured through the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity.
农业、林业和渔业的自然资源的生产、稳定的自然水循环、肥沃的土壤、平衡的气候和许多其他重要的生态系统服务只有通过保护和可持续地利用生物多样性才能永远得到保障。
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There are only two ways to reach the truth -- with literature and agriculture.
只有两种方法可以达到这个目的——文学和农业。
True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.
真正的满足和农业一样活跃。它是一种力量，可以使你摆脱任何困境。这是艰巨的，也是罕见的。
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own
农业不仅给一个国家带来了财富，而且是她能称之为自己的唯一财富
If we win, we'll make history, and I'll serve you on the Agriculture Committee.
如果我们赢了，我们将创造历史，我将在农业委员会为你们服务。
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.
当耕作开始时，其他的艺术也随之而来。因此，农民是人类文明的奠基人。