In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

在世界悠久的历史上，只有几代人被赋予在自由面临最大危险时捍卫自由的职责。我不逃避这一责任- -我欢迎它。

In the old covenants the people were sprinkled with blood of calves without, in their bodies, to bind them to keep the law; else we were bound to just damnation, for the breaking of it.

在旧的契约中，人们把牛犊的血洒在身体上，以约束他们遵守律法;否则，我们一定会因为破坏了它而受到诅咒。

In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.

在整个世界的历史上，只有一样东西是金钱买不到的。也就是说，狗摇尾巴的声音。

In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind.

在当今世界，在我们这个时代，我们感到人类历史上前所未有的苦难、痛苦、肉体和灵魂的折磨。

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have retold history as a story of their long martyrdom

在她们(妇女)追求权利的过程中，她们自然而然地把重点放在她们的错误上，而不是她们的成就和财产上，并把历史作为她们长期殉难的故事重新讲述

In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.

在我国历史的这一决定性时刻，团结意味着生命，分裂意味着死亡。

In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied the mind of the author, should lie in abeyance.

在写一种疾病的历史时，任何先前占据作者思想的哲学假设都应该被搁置。

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

事实上，历史不过是犯罪和不幸的一个画面。

Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history.

事实上，科学真理的共识都有一段糟糕的历史。

Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?

难道历史最终不是我们害怕无聊的结果吗?

It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history.

毫无疑问，亚里士多德的伟大贡献之一，就是他如此清晰地构想出这样一个真理，即文学是一种不断发展并具有历史的东西。

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.

我的观点是，人类的历史没有任何意义，除非邪恶的行为得到承认，只有当它们可以被救赎时，它们才可以忍受。

It is necessary to distinguish between history and fantasy wherever possible. And then use them against each other.

只要可能，就有必要把历史和幻想区分开。然后用它们来对抗对方。

It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.

不是我被扔进了历史的卧室。

It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

历史上没有观察到家庭随时间而改善。