理解的改进有两个目的:首先,我们自己的知识增长;其次,使我们能够将知识传授给他人。
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
历史学家必须是诗人,不是为了创造,而是为了重新创造。
The human mind is designed to seek out and find evidence that confirms what it already believes.