Darwin said the Galapagos brought people near "to that great fact that mystery of mysteries the first appearance of new beings on earth."

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In the first place, by and until the twentieth century, I guess, human beings tended to stay put.

首先,我觉得,20世纪以前,人们都喜欢定居

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And what he seems to be saying is this: we are beings who are first and foremost dominated " by a desire for power.

他所说的似乎是像这样：,“我们是被追求权力欲望,所主宰的首要生物。

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In the Mesopotamian account, the gods themselves are created ; And they're not even created first, actually; The first generation of beings creates these odd demons and monsters, And gods only are created after several generations Marduk And the god of creation, Marduk, Is actually kind of a latecomer in the picture.

在美索不达米亚的描述中，众神本身也是被创造的,而事实上，他们还不是最先被创造出来的;,是最早的存在创造了那些恶魔和怪兽，而众神是在好几代之后才被创造的,而有创造能力的神是，他在创世的图景中是姗姗来迟的。

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