The traces of upheavals become more impressive when one moves a little higher, when one gets even closer to the foot of the great mountain ranges. There are still plenty of shell layers. We notice them, even thicker and more solid ones.

  • -- Georges Cuvier 乔治·居维叶

当一个人爬得再高一点,当他更接近大山脚下时,动荡的痕迹就会变得更加令人印象深刻。仍然有大量的外壳层。我们注意到它们,甚至更厚更结实的。

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The principal or highest part of the mountain having changed its direction to east and west, I ascended it in such manner as to leave its most elevated ranges to the south and travelled north west over a very rough and broken country generally covered with snow.

这座山的主要或最高的部分改变了它的方向,向东和向西,我以这样的方式登上它,离开它的最高的山脉,向南,并在一个非常粗糙和破碎的国家西北旅行,通常覆盖着雪。

Newspapers do a good job telling me what happened yesterday, but they'd be a lot more impressive if they could tell me what's going to happen tomorrow.

报纸能很好地告诉我昨天发生了什么,但如果它们能告诉我明天会发生什么,那就更令人印象深刻了。

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

那些不能激励自己的人必须满足于平庸,不管他们的其他才能有多出众。

I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.

我让人从风河山到我出发的地方去探索大合恩河。

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!

太阳向大山发出多么辉煌的问候啊!