In either case, strength and power are an expression of being, not an affectation, not used as a tool to gain unrightfully an ascendancy over another.

不论发生何种情况，强壮和力量都是一种存在的表达，没有做作，不用来当成不合法地获得对他人的统治权的工具。

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Biggar missed with a kick at the posts four minutes later as both sides struggled to gain the ascendancy.

BBC: Munster 22-16 Ospreys