For how can a state government exist if edicts are not put into use?"

如果一个政府的颁行的法令成了一纸空文,这样的政府还有存在下去的必要吗"

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He wrote once that, "The chief thing is to know your duties and our edicts by heart and not put off things until tomorrow, like his son did.

他曾经这样写道,"最要紧的事就是牢记我们的职责和法令,并且不把今天能做的事拖延到明天去做",他儿子就是这么拖沓的

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