It doesn't depend on our going to the archive, finding out what the author said in his letters about it, finding out what he told his friends, or what he told the newspapers. It doesn't involve any of that.

而不是我们是否要把它保存起来，在作者的字里行间琢磨里面的意思，或者发现作者对他的朋友是怎么说的，对报纸是怎么说的，这些都没有。

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All right. So with this said, it's probably time to say something in defense of the author.

好了，这么说来，差不多是时候,为作者的权威辩护了。

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