By the early 1900s, after a century of hunting, only a relict population of Antarctic fur seals survived on South Georgia.

1900年代初期，经历了一个世纪的猎杀之后，南乔治亚岛幸存下来的软毛海豹的数量寥寥无几。

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However, by the early 1900s, unchecked trapping, poisoning, and hunting of these highly intelligent predators drove the species to the brink of extinction.

然而20世纪初期，泛滥的诱捕，下毒和狩猎使这个聪明的物种濒临灭绝。

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The Kaifeng Jewish population is thought to have peaked at around 5,000 members, but by the early 1900s none could read Hebrew and the community's Torah scrolls were sold to collectors.

据说在鼎盛时期，开封犹太人的数量达到过5,000人左右，但到20世纪初时他们已经没有人懂希伯来文，社区的犹太教经典卷轴也卖给了收藏者。

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By the early 1900s more people enjoyed political as well as economic freedom than at any other time in history.

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But by the early 1900s, the bottom of the river had been scraped and flattened to allow for the logging industry to float timber downstream.

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But by the early 1900s, Hershey needed a place to develop his thriving business, settling on Derry Township in rural Pennsylvania, his birthplace, to build a new chocolate factory and a company town.

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