I think my father's fate would be changed differently if he'd had just one person saying those words to him.

我想，如果当时有一个人对我父亲说了那些话，他的命运会变得不同。

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I read Lasn's words back to him and asked him if he thought that moment had finally arrived.

我给拉森重读了一遍这番话，并问他是否认为这个时刻已经最终到来。

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700 years ago I would have asked you if you had "an eke name" and before that "eke name" was two words.

如果在700年前，我就应该问你，你是否有“ an eke name ”，在那之前，eke name是两个词。

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I had made him feel that if he whipped me for killing the kitten I would never gave serious way to his words again.

如果他因为我杀了小猫而打我的话,他会无从下台，我也不会再听他的了。

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If I had 5, 000 instead of 500 words for this blog, I could disturb you at great length with the terrible things I've seen over the years in this regard.

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Always I had the sense that words concealed something, that if only I could abolish them I would discover what was actually there.

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If I had the talent, I would draw a picture of this example, but since words are my medium, this analogy will have to be represented without visuals.

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