But the problem of one's being called to be a great poet is that one may have an inkling or some sense of a promise of future greatness but nothing really to show for it yet.

但是一个人被召唤去变成伟大诗人的问题在于,他可能会有一丝感觉他将来必定是伟大的,但还没有什么能够真正表明这一切。

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A person who is without a city, he says, without a city must either be a beast or a god.

一个人若少了城市，即他说的反城邦，who，is，apolis，必定是野兽，不然就是神。

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