We can exaggerate the power of Peter the Great in this vast empire that's expanding south and already expanding toward Siberia and such distant places.

彼得大帝在自己幅员辽阔的帝国享有至高权力,这是怎么夸张都不过分的,他不断地向南边扩张,版图甚至已经触及到了,西伯利亚这样的边远地区

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The best regime embodies a supreme paradox it would seem. It is superior in some ways to all actual regimes but it has no concrete existence anywhere.

最优的政体体现了至高的矛盾,看起来，它似乎在某些层面,优于所有现行的政体,但却缺乏具体的存在事实。

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