He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.

-- Edmund Spenser 斯宾塞

想要触碰发端的人，往往会被一根稻草绊倒。

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I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.

我抗议说，如果某个大国愿意让我永远思考什么是真的，做什么是对的，条件是把我变成一种时钟，每天早上在我起床之前就起床，那么我就应该立刻结束这个提议。

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The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.

对于那些拥有一些资本，打算移民以改善其生活条件的人来说，主要考虑的是在他们未来居住的土地上可能找到社会。

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