I probably should have met with Carl earlier, before the proxy fight, to lay out what we were doing and why.

在代理权之争之前，我应该早点和卡尔见个面，告诉他我们在做什么，以及为什么这么做。

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But before we can get to that, we need to lay some groundwork.

但在此之前，我们可以让这一目标，我们需要打下一些基础工作。

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That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.

藉这两件不更改的事，神决不能说谎，好叫我们这逃往避难所，持定摆在我们前头指望的人，可以大得勉励。

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Now, I wanted to lay out those differences before I talked about where I think we can work together.

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Just a few pages later we hear from Ken Lay, the CEO of Enron who died in 2006 shortly before being sentenced for securities fraud connected to the most well-known financial fraud of the decade, which set a new standard for creative criminal accounting.

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But before I lay out what needs to be done going forward, I want to say a few words about where we are and what led us to this point.

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