卡特·格德恩·伍德森(Carter G. Woodson,1875 – 1950 )

卡特·格德恩·伍德森(Carter G. Woodson,1875 – 1950 ), 美国历史学家、作家、记者,非裔美国人生活和历史研究协会创始人。他是最早研究非洲侨民历史,包括非洲裔美国人历史的学者之一。作为1916年《黑人历史杂志》的创始人,伍德森被称为“黑人历史之父”。1926年2月,他发起了“黑人历史周”的庆祝活动,这是黑人历史月的前身。

英汉智慧语录 English and Chinese Brainy Quotes

Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: ‘that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desirable. Indeed all that is most worthy in man he must work out and conquer for himself. It is that which constitutes our real and best nourishment. What we are merely taught seldom nourishes the mind like that which we teach ourselves.
然而,哲学家们早就承认,每个人都有两种教育:一种是别人给他的,另一种是自己给自己的。在这两种类型中,后者显然更可取。的确,凡是人类最可贵的东西,他都必须自己去发掘和征服。这是构成我们真正最好的营养。仅仅被教导的东西很少能像教导自己那样滋养我们的心灵。

What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.
我们需要的不是由选定的种族或国家组成的历史,而是一部没有民族偏见、种族仇恨和宗教偏见的世界历史。

You must give your own story to the world.
你必须向世界讲述你自己的故事。

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.
其实人的自信比金钱更有价值。

No man knows what he can do until he tries.
没有人知道自己能做什么,除非亲自去尝试。

When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.
当你控制一个人的思想时,你就不必担心他的行动。

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.
在我们所谓的民主中,我们习惯于给大多数人他们想要的东西,而不是教育他们明白什么对他们最好。

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.
如果一个民族没有记载历史,没有延续有价值的传统,它就会成为世人心目中微不足道的因素,就会面临被消灭的危险。

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.
那些没有前人成就记录的人,就失去了从传记和历史教学中获得的灵感。

The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess.
种族的不同并证明种族优越或劣等。这仅仅表明每个种族都有其他种族所不具备的某些天赋。

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