The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.

  • -- Clarence Darrow 达罗

不朽生命这一荒谬观念的起源很容易发现;它是靠希望和恐惧、幼稚的信念和怯懦而保持活力的。

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I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.

我将进一步努力进行这项调查,我相信这项调查不仅是推测性的,而且有足够的时间来激发令人高兴的希望,使其从根本上造福于人类。

I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would be something tangible to separate me from the nameless, numbered masses.

我从来没有想过要成为一名职业作家;随着故事的发展,我所希望的一件事是,这将是一种有形的东西,把我从无名的、数量众多的人群中分离出来。

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

信仰不仅仅是一种被动地忍受直到暴风雨过去的耐心。相反,它是一种承受一切的精神——是的,伴随着辞职,但最重要的是,伴随着炽热而宁静的希望。

As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it.

一旦你进入任何一个生物过程的任何一个细节,你就会发现它是开放式的,关于它需要发现什么。

Hear how he clears the points o' Faith Wi' rattling an' thumpin'! Now meekly calm, now wild in wrath, He's stampin', and he's jumpin'!

听听他是怎样用“砰砰砰”的一声,把信仰的要点一笔勾销!时而温顺平静,时而狂怒,他在跺脚,他在跳!

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

人一旦发现了智慧,就会试图把它卷入自己的愚蠢之中。