INTERVIEWER: One last question: Suppose Lord Russell this film were to be looked at by our descendants, like a Dead Sea scroll in a thousand years time, what would you think it’s worth telling that generation about the life you’ve lived and the lessons you’ve learned from it?

BERTRAND RUSSELL: I should like to say two things, one intellectual and one moral:

The intellectual thing, I should want to say to them, is this: When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only “what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out?” Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or by what you think could have beneficial social effects, if it were believed. But look only and solely at: “What are the facts?” That is the intellectual thing that I should wish to say.

The moral thing I should wish to say to them is very simple. I should say: Love is wise, hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other. We have to learn to put up with the fact, that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way. And if we are to live together and not to die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.

采访者： 最后一个问题：罗素勋爵，假设这部影片被我们的后人观看——就像一千年后被人发现的死海古卷那样——关于您所度过的一生，以及从中领悟的教训，您觉得有什么值得告诉那一代人的？

伯特兰·罗素： 我想说两点，一点关乎理智，一点关乎道德。

理智方面，我想对他们说：当你研究任何事物、思考任何哲学时，只问自己”事实是什么？这些事实所印证的真理又是什么？“永远不要让自己被误导——无论是被你希望相信的东西，还是被你认为一旦被人相信就会产生良好社会效果的东西。只单纯地看：事实是什么。这就是我想说的理智方面的话。

道德方面，我想说的很简单：爱是明智的，恨是愚蠢的。在这个联系日益紧密的世界里，我们必须学会彼此包容。我们必须学会容忍这样一个事实：有些人会说出我们不喜欢的话。唯有如此，我们才能共同生活。如果我们想要共存而非共亡，就必须学会一种仁爱、一种宽容——它对人类能否在这颗星球上延续下去，是至关重要的。