mother wit

基本解釋

How much more profitable for the independent mind，after the mere rudiments of education ，to range through a library at random，taking down books as the mother wit suggests!
受到初步的基礎(chǔ)教育之後，對(duì)於願(yuàn)意獨(dú)立思考的人來(lái)說(shuō)，在圖書(shū)館裡信手取下一本書(shū)來(lái)，根據(jù)個(gè)人的天賦隨意涉獵，這該是多大的好処?。?(英國(guó)紐曼紅衣主教享利)
How much more profitable for the independent mind, after the mere rudiments of education, to range through a library at random, taking down books as the mother wit suggests!
受到初步的基礎(chǔ)教育之後，對(duì)於願(yuàn)意獨(dú)立思考的人，在圖書(shū)館裡信手取下一本書(shū)來(lái)，根據(jù)個(gè)人的天賦隨意涉獵，這該有多大的好処??！
The ancients said: "Ingenuity in varying tactics depends on mother wit"; This "ingenuity" , which is what we mean by flexibility , is the contribution of the intelligent commander.
古人所謂“ 運(yùn)用之妙，存乎一心”，這個(gè)“妙”，我們叫做霛活性，這是聰明的指揮員的出産品。

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