"We will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us ...

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Is it universal wisdom? Romantic psychology? We shall never know, for the good reason that writing is the destruction of every voice, of every point of origin.

是否是普遍的哲学？还是浪漫的心理？我们都不得而知，因为写作就是对每个意见，每点原创的破坏。

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