The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

  • -- Mark Skousen 马克·史库森

说服战胜武力是文明社会的标志。

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It has from the beginning been carried on with as much vigor and as great care of our trade as was consistent with our safety at home and with the circumstances we were in at the beginning of the war.

它从一开始就以与我们在国内的安全以及我们在战争开始时所处的环境相一致的同样充沛的精力和对我们的贸易给予了极大的照顾。

Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been made lame by a bayonet?

如果他一生中最激动人心的时刻是被刺刀弄瘸了腿,为什么他的母亲还要费心把他带到这个世界上呢?

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

真正的文明人的标志是对求知欲所产生的力量和安全的信心。

She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated.

她仍然不如男人文明,主要是因为她没有受过教育。

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

胜利而无光荣,征服而无危险。