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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。
What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching?
有什么职务比教书更有责任,更需要资格,因此应该比教书更光荣呢?
We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.
我们生活在一个价值观不断变化的世界。这个家庭正在分崩离析。父母没有尽到他们应该做的事。
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。
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
每个人都应该耐心地承受自己行为的结果。
The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.
哲学家不应该试图逃避下定决心的责任。
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。