She said the United States is moving from mostly the direct exercise of power to what she called "a more sophisticated and difficult mix of indirect power and influence."

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So Klawans argues, and I quote, that "sacrifice involves in part the controlled exercise of complete power over an animal's life and death."

因此克洛文认为，“献祭在某种程度上是一种,掌握动物生死的权力象征“

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God created a good world, But humans in the exercise of their moral autonomy, They have the power to corrupt the good.

上帝创作了一个美好的世界，但人类掌控自己的道德，他们有能力腐蚀美好事物。

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The reform of politics may not be within our power but the exercise of self-control always is.

政治改革,也许并非我们能力所及,但自控的练习却永远是想要参与政治改革的个体。

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True godliness means imitation of God, the exercise of one's power In a manner that is godlike, good, life-affirming and so on.

真正的神性是效仿上帝，施展权力,用与上帝相仿的善良的方式。

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