An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.

  • -- George Haven Putnam 乔治黑文普特南

一个狂热者对一个民族的压迫念念不忘,直到他幻想自己受上天的委托去解放他们。他冒险尝试,结果除了自己的处决,几乎没有别的结果。

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I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.

我是一个狂热的爱好者,但并不是一个怪人,因为我有一些关于如何正确建造飞行器的理论。我希望利用我自己已经知道的一切,然后,如果可能的话,加上我的一点,以帮助未来的工人谁将获得最终的成功。

Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group.

压迫是一群人对另一群人所做的事,特别是因为后者有一个共同的威胁特征。

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

普遍地启发人民,身体和精神的暴政和压迫就会像邪恶的幽灵一样在黎明时分消失。

A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.

一个愉快的安排:比起其他人,很多人更喜欢猫,而且很多猫更喜欢人。

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

没有一个狂热的人能休息,直到半个世界像他一样被附身。

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

我想要一幢有护城河和龙的大房子,还有一个可以把人挡在外面的堡垒。