And what is more, they actually invited me at once to join them, as though politics and I were a fit match.

更甚之，他们其实曾邀请过我加入他们，因认为我是块政治的料子。

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They were the same people who were always trying to annex Cuba; about four times over they tried to annex Cuba, and it's still a bit of mystery how it never happened.

他们与妄图吞并古巴的是同一伙人,他们曾四次试图吞并古巴,这个阴谋最终因何没有得逞倒是个谜

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