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先例
Precedent
A precedent embalms a principle.
先例使原则不朽。
Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
真理总是起源于少数人，而每一种习惯都是从一个被打破的先例开始的。
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
我走在人迹罕至的土地上。在我的行为中，几乎没有哪一部分可以不成为今后的先例。
That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.
过去是如此武断地作为现在的先例提出的，它本身是建立在它之前的一些过去的基础上的。
If there's any object in human experience that's a precedent for what a computer should be like, it's a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive.
如果在人类的经验中，有什么东西是计算机应该是什么样的先例，那就是一种乐器:一种你可以通过连接你的大脑和身体的接口探索各种可能性的设备，让你在情感上真实和富有表现力。