I am not precisely sure how long I stayed frozen in that position, but the next thing I recall is the apparition vanishing before my eyes.

我不能精准地确定我在那个位置上呆了多久，但我记得的下一件事就是那个幽灵在我眼前消失了。

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I only prayed with my first grandmother, but it is so long ago, that I have forgotten.

我只和我的第一个祖母祈祷过，但那是很久以前的事了，我都忘了。

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That comes a long way down my list of priorities.

在我非做不可的事情当中，那事较不重要。

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"My poor friend," I said, "how long have you had that cough?"

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I may lose some of my previous beliefs,lose some of my previous memories, but that's okay as long as it's a slowly-evolving personality with enough overlap.

也许会失去先前一些信仰和记忆，只要这是相似度够高的缓慢进化就可以了。

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but in that time, I'm hoping to set up my life such that one day, in the long term,

但长期以来，我希望有一天能够掌握自己的生活，

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In that spirit, I regret that my long tenure with many successes on behalf of the players has been overshadowed by the appearance of conflicts of interest.

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You can imagine what a bitter blow it is to me that all my long struggle to win peace has failed.

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Our view of that world is rooted in a truth that my nation has long held to be self-evident: and that is that all people are created equal of equal worth, of equal consequence, and with equal rights.

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