The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals.

  • -- Edward Blake 艾德华·布雷克

个人财富的积累和商业交易的扩大使某些种类的犯罪大大增加,令人感到遗憾,而运输方面的改善在很大程度上便利了在逃罪犯的逃跑。

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I've lived my career backwards - I started off huge and I've got smaller and more personal, and I'm much more comfortable now.

我的职业生涯一直在倒退——我开始时规模很大,现在变得更小、更个人化,现在我感觉舒服多了。

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.

我们看到许多人在逆境中奋斗,他们很快乐,而更多的人虽然富有,却很不幸。

As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles... its commercial values will be limited.

至于贝尔的会说话的电报,它只会引起科学界的兴趣。它的商业价值将受到限制。

Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.

很少有编辑担心异端邪说——谢天谢地,他们的目标太商业化了。

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

我唱的每首歌都很个人化。我从来没有选过一首不是这样的歌。

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

对死亡的恐惧与财富的增长成正比。