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We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed.

  • -- William Whewell 惠威尔

没有一定程度的思考，我们无法观察外部事物;我们也不能不受我们所观察到的事物的影响而反思我们的思想。

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My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

我的观察是，只要有一个人被发现能胜任某项工作，……两个人做的效果更差，如果三个或更多的人同时做的话，效果就更差了。

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Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

冲突是思想的牛虻。它激励我们去观察和记忆。它促进发明。它使我们摆脱了盲从的被动状态，使我们善于注意和设计。

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Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.

克隆,哇。谁会想到呢?应该有一份能克隆和不能克隆自己的人的名单。

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I got sick of the dough, and thought I'd go on the loaf.

我吃腻了生面团，想还是吃面包吧。

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