In this worldview, institutions--human institutions evolve only slowly over time and cannot be altered by abrupt human interventions.

在这个世界观里,制度尤其人文制度,发展得非常缓慢,而且不会被突然的人为干预改变

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At one time in the book or at one point he maintains that a person cannot be made to accuse themselves without the assurance of pardon.

他在书中辩护道,除非一个人知道自己会被赦免而主动认罪,否则是不能轻易强逼他认罪的。

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So the importance of time aside cannot be over-emphasized.

所以休息时间的重要性不能被忽视。

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Even if you're in a room or a battlefield where people are dying at the same time as you, to your left and your right, dying is not and cannot be something that is a joint undertaking.

即便你处在房间或者战场上,有人和你同时同地死亡，就在你的身边死亡，死亡也不是你们共同完成的。

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