They were uniquely Japanese until pretty much the nineteenth century and then they were copied all over the world and are now very important.

直到19世纪它们,还是日本独有的,后来被全世界效仿,现今它们已经非常重要

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There were some atrocities at the beginning of World War I, but there was nothing like this again until World War II and, of course, Bosnia.

一战初期的部分暴行令人毛骨悚然,而二战的惨烈程度更加骇人听闻,波斯尼亚的屠杀当然包括在内

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And so I said that the nations of the world will never cease from trouble until either the true breed of philosophers shall come to political office or until that of the rulers shall, by some divine law, " take the pursuit of philosophy."

所以我说,世界上的国家和种族永远不会停止纷争,直到正牌的哲学家,接管政权,或直到统治者都受某种神圣法律所辖，开始追求哲学“

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