Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: "I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be."

确实，我们可以回想一下托马斯·杰斐逊曾经说过的话：“我希望我们的智慧会随我们的力量而增长，并告诫我们，我们的力量使用得越少，它就越有力。”

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The prolific Mr. Hitchens author of the bestselling polemic against organized religion, "God is Not Great, " as well as books on Thomas Jefferson and Mother Teresa writes an average of 1, 000 words a day and says he has never missed a deadline.

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