There were a lot of other things that happened in the nineteenth century that advanced information technology and made finance really powerful.

9世纪还发生了许多其他的事情,推动了信息技术的进步,也使得金融开始强大起来。

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So I think there's just a lot of progressive thought in San Francisco, a lot of people pushing for changes.

旧金山有很多进步思想，很多人一直在推动着变化的发生。

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In other words, how can poetry in this view -how can literature be progressive?

文学怎么能,推动社会的进步呢？

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