In light of such a spectacle, those who highly value the role of ideas in social change are tempted to root for one side or the other.

面对这么宏大的场面，那些在社会变化中发挥思想作用的人被引诱去站队。

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Take home thy bride, for she is the true one that sits by thy side!

把你的新娘带回家去吧，因为坐在你身边的才是真新娘！

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Off to one side, the militia was heaping up wood for a bonfire.

在一侧，民兵们正在堆起木柴，准备生起篝火。

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The brain is wider than the sky, For,put them side by side, The one the other will contain With ease -- and you beside.

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A couple of hours, because typically there's just one battle; one side beats the other and that's the war for now.

几个小时,一般来说只有一次战斗,一方攻打另一方,这就是战争

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And in fact in one with the girl describing her side, she several times emphasizes this need for protection, need to be free from being torn down from people around them.

事实上像一个女孩子表达的那样，她好几次强调了需要保护的愿望，需要逃离那些打倒她的东西,逃离身边的人们。

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But in much cruder terms this result is a psychological boost for one side, a blow to the other.

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For one side, it is a cruel act of animal abuse.

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If you want to know how he would feel if he were here today, he wouldn't fight -- no one fought for one side of this case or the other.

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