He wanted to push the Union army far away from Richmond.

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But if you push it too far you will anger the gods and something terrible will happen to you.

但是如果过分追名逐利,便会触怒诸神,灾难随即降临

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Seek fame, we all want that,and I'll say more about that, but you can't push it too far, there has to be some kind of a reasonable human limit to what you do.

功名利禄,世人所逐,但我想多说一句,凡事要有限度,也就是说,你的行为,该有某种合乎常人行为的界限

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