But calculating it alone doesn't necessarily tell us whether or not it will just happened of its own accord.

但是计算这些物理量并不一定能够告诉我们,这些变化是否会自发的进行,而这正是我们想要做到的。

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Thomas R. Dew, a very important pro-slavery writer, who wrote a whole book in the wake of the state of Virginia's debates in 1831 and '32 over whether to re-write its Constitution.

托马斯·德夫,一个非常重要的亲奴主义作家,曾在弗吉尼亚州于1831和32年开展的,关于是否重写其宪法的辩论之后,撰写过一本书

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