He is Ryan's father. "I was with my son the day he was born and I,unfortunately, had to be with my son in the hospital on the day he died.

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You are born to be one of these people because your father was such a person belonging to the right families and so on.

你生来就是这些人中的一员,因为你父亲就是某个有权有势的家族的人,诸如此类

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It would be far nearer the truth to say that some are born with saddles on their backs and others booted and spurred to ride them."

这样说也许更贴切,有些人生来就烙有奴隶的印记,而有些人生来就是统治他们的"

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On balance, it's a good thing to be born."

总的来说，能出生真好“

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