它可能是历史，也可能只是一段传奇，一个传说。

It may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition.

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同样，传说或历史中的反面人物也会有闪光的一面。

Likewise, the evil figures in legends or history also have their shining light.

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纪念碑的历史融合了传说和事实。

The monument's history is a jumble of legend and fact.

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It could be a folk tale. It could be a history book.

可以是民间传说，也可以是历史书。

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For if such holy Song / enwrap our fancy long," then we'll mistakenly convince ourselves that time could actually run backwards and that we've been returned to the Golden Age, the very first age of human history according to classical legend.

如果这神圣的天籁，永远包围我们想象的心怀“,然后我们就会错误的说服我们自己,时间实际上就会倒转,我们就会到达黄金般的国度，依照古典的传说就是人类最久远的历史。

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