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道德非言语所能施教.凡未亲受仁爱待遇者不知仁爱为何物.故以仁爱待人,始能教人以仁爱. 语云:"以言教者讼,以身教者从."

解答:

言语,与行为相对,英文应为in word ,行为则为 in deed.

Morals cannot be inculcated by means of spoken or written
words. Those who have ever been treated kindly must end
their days without realizing what kindness is. To treat
others with kindness,therefore, is to teach them what this virtue is. As the saying goes: Those who teach in word
will be criticized, and those who teach in deed will have
their fellowers.