Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly.

  • -- Ellsworth Huntington 埃尔斯沃思·亨廷顿

然而,北方的大多数常绿森林必须永远是野生动物和捕猎者的家园,这是一个落后的地区,一个伟大的毛皮公司很容易保持实际的垄断地位。

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Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as achieving them. They live in a world of political make-believe in which everything from reconciling conflicting interests to paying for costly programs is easy.

候选人不必面对现实。他们谈论他们能完成的美妙的事情,好像提倡它们和实现它们是一样的。他们生活在一个政治虚幻的世界里,从调和利益冲突到为昂贵的项目买单,一切都很容易。

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information.

就我们的政治利益而言,我们比世界上任何其他民族都更彻底地是一个开明的民族。我们当中的每一个人都读书,在他所处的环境中,读书是如此的容易,以致于有空闲的时间来讨论进步和获取信息。

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

一个严肃的傻瓜应该总是和一个活泼的傻瓜在一起——他们互相展示自己的优点。

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

一幅好的画对我来说就像一个朋友。它陪伴着我,安慰着我,激励着我。