We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order.

  • -- Asa Gray ASA灰色

我们可以接受这样一种观点,即摩西书并不是为了传授我们科学知识而流传下来的,我们有责任把我们的科学信念建立在观察和推理的基础上,不掺杂其他顺序的考虑。

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Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.

无神论不是一种哲学;它甚至不是一种世界观;这只是拒绝否认显而易见的事实。不幸的是,我们生活在一个把显而易见的东西作为原则而被忽视的世界里。

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

一个真正的评论家应该专注于优点而不是缺点,去发现一个作家隐藏的美,并向世界传达那些值得他们观察的东西。

I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.

我认为大多数人认为绘画是服从于主题的,一种沉思,一种研究,一种探索的观察,就我而言,是为了绘画本身。

Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life.

科学进步的目的应该是肯定和改善人类的生活。