This is owing in great measure to the Society of Friends.

这在很大程度上要归功于友人协会。

This liberal attitude was largely  due to the work of the Quakers – also known as the Society of Friends.

这种自由主义的态度主要归功于贵格会——也被称为公谊会。

Perhaps that is why the late George Pierson, an official historian of Yale, memorably observed that our university is at once a tradition, a company of scholars, a society of friends.

也许这就是为什么已故的耶鲁历史学家George Pierson曾表示，“耶鲁不仅是一个传统，也是一个学者团体，更是一个充满友谊的社区。

He led the international effort to feed the many European victims of the fighting. The new president was also a Quaker, a member of the Religious Society of Friends. Quakers oppose war.

他带领国际社会，一起努力为战争中的许多欧洲受害者提供食物。新总统也是贵格会教徒，教友派的成员，而贵格会教徒反对战争。

The real name of this group, or the full name of this group is the Religious Society of Friends, sometimes called the Friends Church, but members in this organization are referred to as Friends or, more commonly, as Quakers.

这个团体的真名，或者这个团体的全名是圣友宗教协会， 有时也被称为圣友会，但这个组织的成员被称为圣友， 或者更常见的是贵格会。