The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals.

  • -- Ellsworth Huntington 埃尔斯沃思·亨廷顿

印第安人不能在平原上进行广泛的耕作,不仅因为他们缺少铁制工具,而且因为他们没有役畜。

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In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

最后,衡量你的不是你承担了多少,而是你最终完成了什么。

I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.

我的腿是铁制的,但是跟你说实话,它们开始生锈了,而且有点弯。

No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.

任何铁器都不能象在适当的位置放置一段时间那样有力地刺穿心脏。

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

有了胆识,一个人可以做任何事,但不能做任何事。