Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

  • -- Ella Maillart 梅拉特

每次我离开家很长一段时间,我觉得我好像要征服世界。求你将我长子的名分,就是我的产业,夺过来。

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Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering.

为什么公民身份应该是一个出生问题?那些想要终止出生公民权的人所持的前提是,有些人应该享有,有些人不应该——这种身份不应该自动被授予。坦白地说,这是一个值得考虑的前提。

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.

一种焦虑不安的不安,一种对利益的强烈渴望已经占领了商业界,在某些情况下,人类生活中最宝贵和永久的财富已被疯狂地牺牲,以换取一时的富裕。

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

的确,每当一种新思想出现时,例如气球,战争就会立即占据上风。

At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death.

与此同时,我从来没有害怕过死亡或死亡的概念。

Anything we have, we are only borrowing. Anything. Any time.

我们所有的东西,都是借来的。任何东西。任何时间。