有时候我们会忘记一些事情或者违背诺言，所以我们需要以话语解释作为开始。

Sometimes we have forgotten something or broken a promise, so we need to explain with the word as a beginning.

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“今天早晨，自由被一个无名懦夫袭击了。” 以此作为开始，他做了两分钟的讲话，随后离开了会议室。

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward," he began, then spoke for two minutes before leaving the room.

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他们以残酷迫害天主教会作为开始。

They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.

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He began and ended his career as a decadent, I suppose a reader of Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde.

他以颓废者的形象开始和结束其事业，我想作为佩特和王尔德的读者。

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And as a starting point there's a lovely quote from the psychologist and philosopher William James that I want to begin with.

作为开始,有一个可爱的引言,是心理学家和哲学家,威廉，詹姆斯说的,我想用它做开始。

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So, if we are going to govern or regulate human behavior, we have to begin by regulating opinion.

所以，如果想更好地管理,或是统治人民的作为,必须从管好公共舆论开始。

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