历史实在不过是人类的罪行、蠢事与不幸的记录。

History, which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

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你可以想象，当他们研究从15世纪起老牌帝国与新兴国家通过战争争夺霸权的情况时，历史上关于战争与毁灭的史实在他们面前一览无余。

You can imagine history's grim inventory of war and destruction being laid out before them as they examined how, from the 15th century, empires and upstarts had often fought for supremacy.

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