But it's not because of some magical property in the fruit itself, but because of the action of disobedience itself.

但并不是因为苹果本身拥有的魔力，而是因为叛逆这一行为本身。

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Poetry, in Frost, is action, not a matter, as Wordsworth would say, of emotion recollected in tranquility.

就像华兹华斯说的诗歌对于弗罗斯特是动作不是事情，不是冷静时收集的情绪。

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Not at all.Aristotle emphasizes the mutable character of natural right in part to preserve the latitude the freedom of action required by the statesmen.

绝对不是！亚里士多德强调,自然权利的易变特质部份,是要保留回旋余地,政治家所需的行动自由。

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