What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.

  • -- Charles Francis Richter 克特

当然,出现的结果是,震级假设所有的地震都是相同的,除了一个不变的尺度因子。这比我们想象的更接近事实。

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In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.

在战斗中,除了不愿意冒险,你什么都可以原谅一个人。有时候你必须把它放在线上。

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

它是不断的和坚定的努力,打破所有的阻力,扫除所有的障碍。

Genius is not so much a light as it is a constant awareness of the surrounding gloom.

天才与其说是一盏灯,不如说是对周围阴暗环境的不断觉察。

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

自传通常只揭露作者的记忆,没有其他不好的地方。