You couldn't go anywhere without seeing people who nature had given, in many ways, a very bad deal along with crushing poverty.

在俄国的任何一个角落,你都会看到极端贫苦造成的自然生理缺陷

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

It is inconceivable the Greeks could have developed a civilization that they did without contact with these eastern civilizations and learned a great deal from them.

难以想象,希腊人可以在脱离与东方的联系,并未向东方学习的情况下,建立一个与其同样伟大的文明

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选