Is he Noah or are we King Canute?

他是诺亚，还是我们是卡努王？

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As King Canute showed to his courtiers, we cannot stop the tide from coming in; we can try, but it will only carry us away.

就如同克努特国王向他的朝臣所说的，我们不能制止潮汐的开始，但是我们能够尝试，最后，它可能将我们冲走。

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Long ago, England was ruled by a king named Canute.

很久以前，统治英格兰的国王名叫克努特。

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Icelandic chess sagas tell tales of slaughter, including that of King Canute's opponent.

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Proto-Supply Sider (who, among other things, generously cut oppressive tariffs) King Canute achieved mythic status by ordering the tide to cease rising.

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Lamarck stands there in stone, like King Canute trying to roll back the tide, the tide, in this case, of an Anglo-Saxon version of events.

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