The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage.

  • -- Christopher Gadsden 克里斯托弗·加兹登

当今时代需要壮年时期的活力和活动;但我感到年事已高,体弱多病,我知道我不能为你效劳。

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There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.

似乎有一种精神品质,在引导他进行发现的过程中,似乎具有特殊而极端的优势。这就是永不让例外被忽视的力量。

You send a message in everything you do. I'm always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there.

你所做的每件事都传达了一个信息。我总是很清楚我的想法和精力。

The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.

一个有骨气的人的单独活动,比一个只有愿望的人的一千个人的活动更有效果。

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

从早晨的邮件被称为信件似乎已经有很长一段时间了。

A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.

坏邻居是大灾难,好邻居是大利益。

The writer is by nature a dreamer - a conscious dreamer.

作者天生是一个梦想家——一个有意识的梦想家。

Palaeontologists use fiction all the time.

古生物学家一直在使用小说。