The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.

  • -- Tryon Edwards 特赖恩·爱德华兹

教育的伟大目的在于训练,而不是灌输思想;训练它运用自己的力量,而不是用别人的力量来充实它。

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Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.

很少有人会离开学者安全的隐居生活,远离文坛和学术界的宁静,而成为不友善和敌对思想的批判对象。

I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.

我想写一个小前言,说历史毕竟是建立在人们的回忆之上的,而这些回忆是随着时间而变化的。

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

坐在遐想中,观看波浪的变幻,它们拍打着心灵的闲散海岸。

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

你可以从他们的行为来判断他们信仰的品质。纪律是教条的索引。

If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

如果我有良好的纪律,我可能会从事音乐工作。

We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new.

我们将不学任何新东西而返回月球。

The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.

死亡的来临确实使人精神集中。

You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.

你没有在思考。你只是在讲逻辑。