A study of history shows that civilizations that abandon the quest for knowledge are doomed to disintegration.

-- Bernard Lovell 伯纳德·洛威尔

历史研究表明，放弃对知识的追求的文明注定要解体。

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And all my endeavours are unlucky explorers come back, abandoning the expedition; the specimens, the lilies of ambition still spring in their climate, still unpicked; but time, time is all I lacked to find them, as the great collectors before me.

我所有的努力都是不幸的探险者放弃探险回来;标本，野心的百合花还在生长，还没有采摘;但是，时间，时间是我所缺少的一切来找到他们，作为伟大的收藏家在我之前。

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I want to be an entrepreneur too; I like the business side of things. When I was younger I wanted to be a vet or a tightrope walker. But I have no sense of balance and I can't bear animals dying, so I abandoned both ideas.

我也想成为一名企业家;我喜欢商业方面的东西。当我年轻的时候，我想成为一名兽医或走钢丝者。但是我没有平衡感，我不能忍受动物的死亡，所以我放弃了这两种想法。

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