One thing that most people do in fact agree on is that the oldest account of the event is a poetic fragment 12 that's found in Exodus 15, verses one to 12, in particular.

大家都同意的一点事,这个故事的最老版本来自于诗残本,尤其体现在《出埃及记》15中的诗1和。

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We've seen Milton's account there of how he had attempted to reconcile, on the one hand, his obligation to become a minister and his desire, on the other hand, to become a poet.

我们读到过弥尔顿关于他如此试图妥协和解的描写，一方面，他想要成为牧师，另一方面，他又渴望着成为一名诗人。

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On 267, this is in one of these parenthetical passages where the narrator is commenting on what he's just given account of in his experience.

67页，这是一段插叙,叙事者在评论,他诉说过的经历。

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