That he who lets go of what is done for what should be done learns his ruin rather than his preservation."

放弃已完成,之应该完成事务的人,体认到的是自我毁灭而非延续“

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It's not really negativism; it's talking about what should be done.

实际也不算否定,只是想点出改进之处

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As far as I know, he doesn't publish he's not in the newspapers, but he's gotten the ear of the Treasury Secretary They spent many weekends together figuring out what should be done about the system and they wrote up a proposal.

据我所知，他从没出过书,也没有上过新闻，但他却有当财政部长的潜质,他花了数周的时间来搞清楚,对于现在的美国金融体系,该怎么改革然后书写成书。

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