God and humans lock in an eternal struggle, neither prevailing, yet both forever changed by their encounter with one another.

上帝与人类陷入一场永恒的战争，谁也不占上峰，但是他们相遇时却一直会引起改变。

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Our system, therefore, so far as regards this inferior race, rests upon this great immutable law of nature."

因此,我们政府在对待这一劣等种族时,必须以这一永恒的自然规律为基础"

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