The natural tendency of all of us to value our own position too highly makes it difficult for us to admit that opposing views may also have merit.
我们所有人都过于看重自己地位的自然倾向，使得我们很难承认对立的观点也有可取之处。
Overcoming this tendency can be accomplished only by remembering that in controversial issue no one side possesses the total truth.
要克服这种倾向，只有记住，在大多数有争议的问题上，没有任何一方拥有全部的真理。If you can approach controversial issue with this thought, you are likely to grasp more of the total truth and to attract reasonable readers to your position.
如果你能有这种思想处理有争议的问题，你就有可能掌握更多的全部真相，并吸引理性的读者支持你的立场。
