The deepest personal defeat

The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.

‧Ashley Montagut

人类所遭受的最深刻的个人失败，是由一个人能够成为什么和一个人实际上已经成为什么之间的差异构成的。

– 阿什利·蒙塔古

阿什利·蒙塔古是英籍生物人类学家，曾先后受教于英美人类学大师马林诺斯基和博厄斯。其著作《人类最危险的神话：种族谬论》，是现代人类学学科史和发展实践的基石之作。