The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.

  • -- William Whewell 惠威尔

随着系统的进一步扩展,它变得更加连贯。我们解释一类新的事实所需要的要素已经包含在我们的系统中。在错误的理论中,情况恰恰相反。

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Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is based on a healthy river system.

最后,密西西比河的生态健康及其对许多谋生或寻求娱乐的人的经济重要性是建立在健康的河流系统的基础上的。

You must understand that even though a person loves you, you must consider the fact that you're not the only one that makes him/her happy.

你必须明白,即使一个人爱你,你也必须考虑到你并不是唯一让他/她快乐的人。

The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.

用押韵的形式或无韵诗写出来的东西不能成为好诗。

The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.

制度与人民意愿的交汇点是政治舞台。