Nevertheless, as I emphasized earlier in the patriarchal stories, in the end we're dealing here with sacred history.

无论如何，就像我先前在族长故事中强调的，最后我们在这里探讨的是宗教历史。

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And my arguement is that in our history and today living up to our values or trying to live up to our values is as much a part of our power as a big army.

我要说明的是，无论在历史上还是今天,坚持这些价值观,或者试着坚持,给我们所带来的巨大力量，绝不亚于一只庞大的军队。

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