Let us not debate an idea so full of horror.

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If you're not careful this is going to be like one of those horror stories,right?

如果你不小心,这会像是那种恐怖电影？

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And to try to explain why it was that absolute rule came to europe at the time it did, one has to not only look at the particular structures of states, but one has to look at the overview and the sheer horror of it all.

要解释为什么绝对主义在这个时候遍行于欧洲,我们不仅要着眼于各国特有的社会结构,还要纵观全局,了解当时社会上的恐慌

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