He once wrote that when he was young he imagined that with the possible exception of a doctor saving a life, "writing a worthy play was the most important thing a human being could do."

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So the link of the conflict will play a stronger role in making the humanitarian issues more important.

因而冲突的纽带将会发挥更大的作用,使得人道主义问题更加重要。

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which I thought was a really important play to read in high school.

我认为在高中读读这部戏剧作品真的很重要。

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So although the New Critics were fed up with philological criticism, I don't mean to be condescending toward it or to suggest that it didn't play a crucially important role in the evolution of literary studies.

所以，虽然新批判主义,对语言学批判主义不满，但是并不是要否认语言学批判主义,在文学研究发展过程中,起到的重要作用。

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So a very important play at that time, as well as today.

在当时是很重要的戏剧，今天也是如此。

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