The best technology is invisible. It works so well that you don't even notice it.
最好的技术是无形的。它运作得如此之好,以至于你甚至不会注意到它。
The truth is, the science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the brain and the fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of observations on material and obvious things.
作家应该是一个社会的良心,通过作品反映社会的真实面貌。
Intolerance of others’ views (no matter how ignorant or incoherent they may be) is not simply wrong; in a world where there is no right or wrong, it is worse: it is a sign you are embarrassingly unsophisticated or, possibly, dangerous.