We call them consols because, in the early 1700s, the British Government issued what they called consols or consolidated debt of the British Crown that paid a certain amount of pound sterling every six months forever.

我们称之为公债是因为早在十八世纪初,英国政府规定他们称之为英国皇家,统合公债或者联合公债,要求永久性地,每六个月支付一定数量的英镑

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Think of that the people in a democracy he says "coming together uniting together become like " a single human being with many hands and feet " " and he says "with greater character and mind."

想一下，他说，民主政体中的人民,“连结，统合在一起,变成像是单一的个体，多手多脚“,且如他所说，“含有较广的性格与心智“

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