The effect has been to veil man from what he calls natural symbols—the seasonal pattern of growth—that in the past reminded men of their own finiteness.

这使得人类和他们称之为大自然的象征（季节更替的讯息，在过去人们通过这些讯息确认自己的年龄）渐渐疏离了。

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The fever-patient, like the dreamer, is assailed by reminiscences from the remote past; what the waking and healthy man seems to have forgotten is recollected in sleep and in disease.

发烧的病人和做梦的人一样，遥远的记忆不断闪过脑海。 清醒和健康的人已经遗忘的回忆会重新出现在睡梦和疾病的状态中。

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But the public demand for change was total, and if the polls are right, voters will elect the man who breaks from the recent past in almost every way.

但是公众都需要改变，如果投票是正确的，那么投票者将会选出一位和近代的每一个方面几乎都不同的人。

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Yet many democrats shunned the man, flinching from his dubious past (he built a multi-million-dollar business empire through shady dealings and is known to have backed at least two coups).

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