In retrospect, this line of thinking looks hopelessly optimistic, even deluded.

回想起来，这种想法看起来无可救药乐观，甚至迷惑。

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But, I mean, specially, as a deluded being, people like us we cannot, our judgement, even we judge someone is really a good teacher.

我是说，实际上，作为一个众生，像我们这样的人，我们不能。

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"Quite rightly, our children and grandchildren will ask what we were thinking about, and consider that we were deluded in exchanging that which nature gave us for a power installation that would not even light up Bonar Bridge, " he wrote in his letter of objection.

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