Each of these waves is regarded as in some way necessary for the proper construction of a just city.

每一波,在某些程度上,都被视为是真正建立正义之城的必需条件。

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Governor Winthrop when he gave his speech to the puritans on the ship, on the Mayflower, he said : "We shall be a city upon a hill."

温斯洛普总督,当他站在船上，面对着清教徒发表演讲时，在五月花上，他说,我们应该建造山上的城“

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And Athens was until only fairly recent times in human history the most famous democracy that ever existed. I say fairly recent times until you know the American democracy.

而雅典是直到近期为止,一直是人类历史上曾存在过,最著名的民主之城，我所谓的近期,当然是指在美国民主出现之前。

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