I never met anybody who seemed more like an author than this person, and yet he's raising the question whether there is any such thing, or in any case, the question how difficult it is to decide what it is if there is.

我从来没有遇见过比他看起来更像作家的人，现在他提出了一个问题，问无论如何，如果有这么个东西的话那么决定它是什么有多难。

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That's where the cutting edge of whatever it is.

在那里，无论什么东西都很前卫。

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Anyway, I want to start out with the most fundamental thing: what are banks?

无论如何,我想从最基础的东西开始,银行是什么

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