We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.

我们面临这样一个进退两难的境地，即教育已经成为智慧和自由思想最主要的障碍之一。

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We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.

我们正面临一个非常矛盾的事实，即教育已经成为一个主要的智力和自由思想的障碍。

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The paradoxical fact is that weak currencies (like the Italian lira, in the pre-euro era, and the Turkish lira) often outperform stronger currencies (like the deutsche mark and the U.S. dollar).

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