1. It is important to say that life is enhanced aesthetically by the knowledge that these sociable creatures are swimming - and singing -- on the surface of the sea, and in the sunless depths below.

2. Furthermore, mankind has dominion over the Earth, but mankind’s unsteady, serpentine path toward finer sentiments can be measured, in part, by evolving standards of what constitutes civilized dominion over lower animals.

3. Surely it involves a conviction, more intuitive than reasoned, that Creation, and we as the responsible portion of it, are diminished by wanton behavior toward creatures that so stunningly exemplify the mysteriousness of the natural.

1. It is important to say that life is enhanced aesthetically by the knowledge that these sociable creatures are swimming - and singing -- on the surface of the sea, and in the sunless depths below.
1。重要的是，我们了解到，这些友善的海洋生物无论在海面上还是在幽暗的海洋深处，都是那样在畅游欢唱着，这无疑提升了生活的美感。

2. Furthermore, mankind has dominion over the Earth, but mankind’s unsteady, serpentine path toward finer sentiments can be measured, in part, by evolving standards of what constitutes civilized dominion over lower animals.
2。此外，尽管人类统治着地球，但人类走向更细致地控制自己情绪的道路却不稳当甚至曲折，这部分能从人类对较低级动物实行文明统治的不断演进的标准可以衡量出来。

3. Surely it involves a conviction, more intuitive than reasoned, that Creation, and we as the responsible portion of it, are diminished by wanton behavior toward creatures that so stunningly exemplify the mysteriousness of the natural.

3。当然它涉及宇宙万物对我们的惩罚，比理性更直观，并且我们该为一部分生物的灭绝负有责任，这是由于我们恣意妄为地对待我们身边生物的结果，物种在减少的事实如此令人震惊，恰恰佐证了自然的奥秘。

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