They say this just goes to show what a dumb theory the personality theory is.

他们会说，这就刚好体现了人格理论的失败之处。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

What's distinctive about the South: "The South has a tradition," Said Gurganus, "Of attempting the impossible at great cost, proudly celebrating the failure, and in gaining admiration for the performance."

写的是南方的独特之处,"南方有种传统",古尔加努斯说,"付出巨大的代价挑战命运,即便失败仍非常自豪,并因此而为他人所尊敬"

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You'll want to think about why Milton seems so aggressively to invite the association of the failure of the just revolution of the Puritans, and of course that's how he would see it, with the failure of the unjust revolution of the rebel angels under the guidance of Satan.

弥尔顿如此迫切的将清教徒的正义革命之失败,与我们所认为的撒旦领导下的叛乱天使们的，非正义革命之失败联系在一起,我们会疑惑他为什么要这样做。

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