在象居里夫人这样一位伟大的人物与世长辞的时侯,我们不要仅仅满足于回忆她以自己的科研成果对人类所作的贡献。杰出人物的道德品质,与其纯才智成就相比,也许具有更重大的意义;无论是对于一代人,还是对于历史进程,都是如此。甚至这些才智成就本身也取决于崇高品格,其依赖程度远远超出人们通常所能想见的。 In the midst of a great life like Madame Curie, we should not just be content to remember her contribution to humankind with her scientific achievements. The moral qualities of eminent persons may be more significant than their pure intellectual accomplishments, both for a generation and for the historical process. Even these intellectual achievements themselves depend on sublime character, whose reliance is far beyond what one would normally expect.