This kind of tension doesn't make things clear; the rules are not absolute, and not everybody fits into a pigeon hole.

这种紧张的冲突并不能让万事柳暗花明,因为事事无绝对,并不是每个人都能一个萝卜一个坑

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First, let's be clear on how these things are different.

首先让我们弄清楚,这三者有何不同。

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First of all, it's worth remembering there are a lot of clear, undeniable similarities of all kinds, things you can measure, between South and North in the 40 years before the Civil War.

首先,值得记住的是有很多明显的,不可否认的共同点,各种各样的共同点,你在对比,内战发生前四十年里的南北双方时就能发现

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