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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.
人们很容易承认,大学授予的学位应该是向公众保证,拥有学位的人拥有一定数量的知识。
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
我可以原谅,但我不能忘记,只是另一种说法,我不会原谅。宽恕应该像一张作废的便条——撕成两半,烧掉,这样它就永远不会对一个人显现出来。
I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather to reflect on it, and be more open about the fact that something is an ethical issues and think what we ought to do about it.
我希望我们能更明确地思考这个问题,而不是把我们的直觉当作道德的既定标准,而是对它进行反思,对道德问题这一事实持更开放的态度,思考我们应该怎么做。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.
我们应该认为我们是一棵树的叶子,而这棵树就是全人类。我们的生活不能没有其他人,没有树。
Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
一个男人和他的妻子之间,除了爱,没有什么可以支配。权柄是给孩童和仆人的,却不是不可爱的。
Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
幽默是当你应该拥有时,却没有得到,却嘲笑它。
To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.
做一个牧师,以及所有富有同情心和善良的品质,应该是一回事。
Which way you ought to go depends on where you want to get to...
你应该走哪条路取决于你想去哪里。
When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before.
当他们在公众面前表演的时候,他们应该有一种相对容易的感觉,如果之前做过技术性和解释性的工作的话。