The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind.

  • -- Ellsworth Huntington 埃尔斯沃思·亨廷顿

人类有机体对气候的适应性是如此微妙,尽管人类有能力在任何地方生活,但冰冻的北方的压力消除了更为紧张和活跃的思维。

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If you haven't read you don't have the voice. The lack of voice eliminates experience.

如果你没有阅读,你就没有声音。没有声音就没有经验。

Let your greatest possession be the ability to let go of any possession, joyfully.

让你最大的拥有成为快乐地放弃任何拥有的能力。

Respond to your ability, play your part and make your mark in history.

发挥你的能力,发挥你的作用,在历史上留下你的印记。