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But if that is so, and if we are engaged in a never-ending fight with no victory in sight, why continue?
但是如果這樣的話，如果我們一直處在無休止的戰爭中，而勝利遙遙無期，那么為什么還要繼續呢？
Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
因為我們必須要這么做。因為我們有義務這么做。為理性而戰，即便沒有勝利，也比面對不斷的失敗而放棄要高尚。因為無論人類獲得什么樣的真正進步都是由偶然的個人通過理性做出的。因為我們為這種事業而贏得的任何個人都比十萬個懷揣著迷信的人為人類做得多。
