What they're saying is that of course lots of things that a board of directors decides to do are not irrelevant; it's highly relevant to the future of the company.

但他们承认,董事会的很多决定,都与股利毫无关系,而与公司的未来紧密联系

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But, in February of 1871 there are elections and the provinces, particularly the conservative, western provinces like Brittany return this extremely monarchist dominated National Assembly that is going to determine the future of France.

在一八七一年二月,举行了一系列选举,并且那些守旧城市,像西部城市布列塔尼,那里的国民大会,又重新被极端君主专制主义者们掌握,而这将决定法国的未来

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