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.
历史中的优点似乎有三种，一种是来自气候和国家的纯粹地理位置，一种是来自政府形式和人民性格，一种是来自那些更细致的哲学原则和道德，可以称为哲学的推荐。
每一块砖、每一片瓦都有自己的语言，建筑师要学会倾听。
The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.
译文：抬头望去，看不到那繁华的景象。所谓的繁华，不过是虚幻杂乱的，而世人却贪恋不已。