Some have vanished from the face of the earth, others are dying slowly, but all have undergone changes as they have come into contact with an expanding machine civilization.

一些已经从地球表面消失了，其他的正在慢慢地死亡，但所有的都经历了变化，因为它们已经接触到一个不断扩张的机器文明。

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My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

我的羊在诸山间，在各高冈上流离，在全地上分散，无人去寻，无人去找。

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Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

空中的飞鸟，也要带七公七母，可以留种，活在全地上。

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This country has allowed its great middle class to be raped, to have their wealth stolen, and to have the most productive society on the face of the earth give all of its wealth to a tiny few.

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These were pretty drastic steps, with complicated consequences, but they do not seem to have caused the heavens to open up over Iceland, to wipe the country from the face of the earth (unless you're counting all those erupting volcanoes).

BBC: Icelandic lessons for the eurozone

Hit it with all your might, like you're knocking a repressive, tyrannical government off the face of the Earth.

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