At a very early age, Milton brooded on his poetic vocation as if it were an actual calling from God.

在很早的时候，弥尔顿就在沉思他的诗歌事业,就像是来自上帝真实的召唤。

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But immediately,very early, you start hearing the Greeks talk about the polis in terms that are more in your mind than in touch.

但是当你在很早的时候一听到,希腊人说到城邦这个术语的时候,你能立刻想到的就比你接触到的要多

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