He had commanded the Continental Army in America's successful fight for independence from Britain.

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Maybe people are just robots commanded from outside by God.

也许人们就是被上帝控制的机器人

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He is, as he says a gift from the god, he has been commanded, he argues, to do this.

而是如他自称是上帝的恩典，他强调自己受到指派才进行答辩。

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