Rather than have it the principal thing in my son's mind, I would gladly have him think that the sun went round the earth, and that the stars were so many spangles set in the bright blue firmament.

  • -- Thomas Arnold 汤玛斯·阿诺德

我宁愿让他认为太阳绕着地球转,星星在明亮的蓝色天空中闪烁着那么多的光芒,也不愿让他把这件事放在心上。

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So someday in the near future hopefully rather than having a foot or a leg amputated we'll just give you an injection of the cells and restore the blood flow. We've also created entire tubes of red blood cells from scratch in the laboratory. So there are a lot of exciting things in the pipeline.

所以在不久的将来我们希望不是截肢而是给你注射细胞来恢复血液流动。我们还在实验室里从零开始创造了完整的红细胞管。所以有很多令人兴奋的事情在进行中。

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

钓鱼提供了与整个生活世界的联系。它给你一个完全沉浸其中的机会,让你以一种好的方式回归自我。一种冥想的形式,一种与比普通自我更深层次的自我交流的形式。

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

如果这确实是达到我们所知道的最高目的的手段,那么任何工作都可以是卑贱的或令人厌恶的吗?难道它不更像是一个梯子,我们被翻译的方式?

They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.

他们告诉你,当你长大时,你会失去理智。他们没有告诉你的是你不会非常想念它。

When I am alone for too long, my mind starts to wander and my heart gets into trouble.

当我独处太久,我的思想开始漫游,我的心陷入麻烦。

I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct).

我在思想(和原则)上是激进的,在方法(和行为)上是保守的。

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

当臣民违背原则时,国王将成为政策上的暴君。

Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?

我们很少谈论我们想得最多的事情,这难道不奇怪吗?