While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

-- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

虽然文明一直在改善我们的住房，但它并没有同样改善住在其中的人。它创造了宫殿，但创造贵族和国王并不容易。

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But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group.

但是，只有通过细胞分裂的过程，才能使个体得到区别，使个体区别于母体，并独立于母体，从而获得文明的品质或文化。

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We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.

我们也忽视了高速铁路，而且资金不足。高速铁路是运送公民和改善高速公路拥堵状况的最佳途径之一。

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The key is to keep improving. I'm not there yet. I know I have to keep trying to improve and keep trying to get faster.

关键是要不断改进。我还没到那儿。我知道我必须不断改进，不断加快速度。

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