If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

-- George Bancroft 班克罗夫特

如果理性是一种普遍的能力，那么普通头脑的决定就是对真理最接近的判断标准。

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By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?

的标准……我们能在无数的结果中加以区分吗?这些结果也是原因，而在我们所知道的原因中，也许也是结果，我们怎么能区分哪些是手段，哪些是目的呢?

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Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.

任何不能接受工人通过全民特许选举自己代表的工会都完蛋了。

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Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

想要最少东西的人最接近上帝。

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