What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

几个世纪以来，使人类凌驾于野兽之上的不是棍棒，而是手无寸铁的真理的不可抗拒的力量。

-- Boris Pasternak 鲍里斯·帕斯捷尔纳克