He says, "This book tells a harsh and forbidding story and makes one wonder just exactly what its relation to truth is.

他这样写道：,“这书讲的是一个既冷血,又令人恐惧的故事,将人置于一个总想知道,它与现实关联的状态“

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But smallpox was, at one time, one of the most frightening diseases on the planet.

但是天花曾经,是这个星球上最令人恐惧的疾病之一

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