The utmost effort of human reason is to reduce the principles productive of natural phenomena to a greater simplicity and to resolve the many particular effects into a few general causes.

人类推理的最终努力是,减少简化自然现象中为数众多的原理,同时将大量的特殊性结果,解析成少数的一般性成因。

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To be productive is never a quick 19 coast down a hill. It's more like you're making the effort to walk up the stairs.

要人生有所成就绝非如一次快速的下坡滑行，而是更像是在努力往上爬楼梯。

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We should certainly be thinking about ways to encourage and assist White in going straight and holding down a steady job, but we should also recognize that turning White into a productive member of society will require a great deal of effort both from White himself and from those around him.

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Today, I had a series of very productive meetings with key partners in this effort.

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Although such payments may be justified as part of a social safety net, rewarding non-work and penalizing productive effort reduces jobs and economic activity.

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