It's important for him to share stories. Growing up in Pendleton he was often found himself in the middle of racial tensions because he was is part white.

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It's been said that to quote anybody is necessarily to misrepresent him, and this fact is obviously a very good thing for Lady Mary Chudleigh since Milton would certainly not himself have wanted to suggest that women are superior to men.

有这样一种说法，引用任何人的话都难免曲解其原意，很显然这对玛丽·恰德莱夫人的论证是有利的,因为弥尔顿的原意绝对不可能是说,女人的地位要高于男人。

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Now, that's a very important point, because why in the world would you give a shield of the kind I am describing, for a man to defend himself, if you imagine him standing by himself anywhere, if you imagine him any distance from the rest of the guys fighting alongside of him.

这点非常关键,那就是到底为什么要将,这样一种盾牌,给士兵们使用,想象一下这个场景,这个士兵在战场的某个角落孤军奋战,与其它友军士兵相隔甚远

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