The functional view of culture insists therefore upon the principle that in every type of civilization, every custom, material object, idea and belief fulfills some vital function, has some task to accomplish, represents an indispensable part within a working whole.
文化的功能觀點堅持這樣的原則：在每一種文明類型中，每一種習(xí)俗、物質(zhì)對象、觀念和信仰都履行某種重要功能，完成某些任務(wù)，代表一個運(yùn)作整體中不可或缺的部分。
我不是來融入的，我是來脫穎而出的。
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
"The future of physics lies not in discovering new particles, but in understanding the deeper principles that govern the behavior of the particles we already know."