文学是人类的记忆。

语言不仅是交流的工具，也是思想的载体。

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds， as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people， or from those finer principles and morals， which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.

The study of the mind must be value-free.