The old ways fade like the sunset over the fields, beautiful but fleeting.
古老的方式像田野上的日落一样褪色,美丽但转瞬即逝。
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
The aim of proof is to understand, not just to verify.
The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome of the process of modernization.