Milton claims that epic poetry is the highest ambition for a poet and then he goes on to explain how it is that the epic poet should comport himself.

弥尔顿声称史诗就是诗人最高的理想抱负,然后他又解释到,史诗诗人该怎样表现自己。

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So the main business of government consists in knowing how to control the elites because they are always a potential source of conflict and ambition.

因此统治的第一要务在于,懂得如何控制精英人物因为,他们往往是冲突和野心的潜在来源。

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