In the midst of all this Mr Thubron ACTS like a kind of secular shaman, allowing himself to be possessed by the many spirits of the place without succumbing to their power.

在朝圣的队伍中，休布伦先生倒像是个世俗的萨满，允许自己心怀此地的神灵却从不屈服于神明的力量。

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Jefferson, says Mr Gore, was right: "Rousseau said the body politic is a moral being possessed of a will."

戈尔先生说：“杰弗逊是正确的。”‘卢梭说过，国家是支配意志的道德’。

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By contrast, Mr Murdoch comes across as a man possessed, driven by a somewhat irrational lifelong desire to be recognised as, in Michael Wolff’s title, “The Man Who Owns the News”.

而默多克先生给我们的印象是，像着了魔。 仿佛他的毕生心愿就是要不断征服世人的认可，用传记作家迈克尔·吴沃夫的话来说，他特别想成为“那个宰制新闻的人”。

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However, it is apparent that Mr Reagan possessed intellectual powers and new ideas for areas of lifelong interest to him.

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