How can Milton know that he was really and truly called by God to be a great poet until he writes something - it's not a bad question - until he has something actually to show for his talent?

弥尔顿怎么知道他是不是真的被,上帝选中了去做一个伟大的诗人,除非他真的创作出点儿什么--这是一个不坏的问题,-直到他真有可以证明自己才能的作品？

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It's worth saying a word about that, because I want to undermine any great confidence that you may have and what you can believe that scholars tell you, because we keep finding out how wrong we are about all kinds of things.

这里得说的是,我想给自信满满的家伙泼点儿冷水,你曾深信不疑的学者们告诉你的那些事,不断被发现,并在很多问题上都存在纰漏

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