It occurred to me it'd be a great magic trick if I then appeared in back.

如果我突然在后排出现,那就是非常精彩的魔术了

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But since it is my intent to write something useful to whoever understands it, it has appeared to me more fitting to go directly to the effectual truth of things than to the imagination of it.

但因为我的目的是,书写一些对任何懂的人,有用的东西，所以最合适的方式是,直接书写事情的有力事实,而非妄想。

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