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进化
Evolution
Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations.
遗传学是关于信息如何在几代人之间存储和传输的。
Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.
爱是一种神圣的能量储备;它就像精神进化的血液。
The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese.
进化论的漏洞比瑞士奶酪做的水坝还多。
Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
人类是一种多毛、有尾巴的四足动物的后代，可能生活在树上。
I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.
我相信伟大是一个进化的过程，一个时代又一个时代的改变和进化。
Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.
在人类的起源之时，人类就已经和他注定要成为的人是平等的了。
Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.
父母有权利坚持不把不信神的进化教给他们的孩子。
The theory of undirected evolution is already dead, but the work of science continues.
无定向进化理论已经消亡，但科学的工作仍在继续。
The resurrection – revival of the fittest; the world to come – supernatural selection.
复活-适者生存的复兴;来世-超自然的选择。
The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.
人类的思想进化到相信诸神。它没有进化到相信生物学。
In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.
简而言之，动物和植物的线，在上面发散得很广，在下面连接成一个圈。
In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.
在人类的进化过程中，始终存在着一定程度的社会一致性。
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The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love.
描述宇宙进化最生动、最深刻的方式无疑是追溯爱的进化。
You know, there was a time, just before I started to study physical science, when astronomers thought that systems such as we have here in the solar system required a rare triple collision of stars.
你知道，有一段时间，就在我开始学习物理科学之前，天文学家们认为像我们太阳系这样的系统需要罕见的三次恒星碰撞。
The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars; it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness.
人类的进化不仅可以看作是人类战争的总和;它也被定义为人类思想的进化和人类意识的发展。
But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ability to evolve in certain directions.
但是当你身在一个地方，在一个物理植物里，在一群人里，在一个共同的历史里，这就限制了你的进化和你向特定方向进化的能力。
Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
了解这个世界，了解它的运作方式，了解任何科学和人类学，这是我们生活的一个非常有趣的地方。进化是一个非常奇妙的想法，甚至比上帝的想法更奇妙。
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.
我把这个原理称为“自然选择原理”，根据这个原理，每一个微小的变化，如果有用的话，都可以用“自然选择”这个词来表示。