How does this country end up being a Republic, the Third Republic, which has been castigated or been denounced because it seemed to fumble along?

为什么法国最后成为了一个共和国,即第三共和国,而第三共和国因治国无方,饱受职责和抨击

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I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.

我会背，比如说，联邦条例,我会抬起我的后腿，它在靴子里颤抖，然后开始背，直到犯错，于是，我就会被批评严惩，自尊完全被这个怪物践踏了,他对其他人也会如此加注痛苦。

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