We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.

  • -- Thomas Clarkson 克拉克森

因此,我们不能认为上帝创造了一种具有这种精神品质和力量的生命秩序,其唯一目的就是被用作畜生或劳动工具。

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Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected.

几乎没有什么问题会比确定太阳离地球的距离这个问题显得更加困难和困难了。不费多大力气就能完成。

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.

劳动力是第一个价格,最初的购买——所有东西的钱。世界上所有的财富最初并不是靠黄金和白银购买的,而是靠劳动购买的。