Socrates willingly giving up one of his conversations for the tedious business of legislation ? and public administration?

苏格拉底是否会愿意放弃,其中一次会话,只因要进行冗长乏味的立法,与公共行政？

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Having said that, there's really nothing so dead as The Norton Anthology,or ponderous, and I do order it with a little--well, some misgivings for that.

顺便说，没有哪本书,会比《诺顿诗性颂》更加无趣，或者说冗长乏味，我买这本书的时候就有点焦虑不安。

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