From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

  • -- Friedrich Engels 恩格斯

从第一天到今天,纯粹的贪婪是文明的驱动力。

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We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past.

我们不能强迫他立即把文明以完整的形式呈现出来,但是根据公正的法律,保证印第安人享有平等的民事法律,印第安人的问题,这个使我们的国家蒙羞、使真正的爱国者蒙羞的问题,将很快成为历史。

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

每一个战胜诱惑的人都代表着一种新的道德能量。在正确的精神中经受和经受的每一次考验都会使一个灵魂比以前更高尚、更坚强。

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

人类的思想没有束缚,人类的精神没有围墙,我们的进步没有障碍,只有我们自己树立起来的障碍。

Speech is civilization itself.

语言本身就是文明。