Stem of character — life will be indefinite and purposeless — like a body of stagnant water, instead of a running stream doing useful work and.

如果缺乏这种力量，人生将变得模糊不定，毫无意义可言：就如同一潭死水，而非奔腾不息的河流——总在进行有效的工作，推动整个地区的机械运作，让世界充满勃勃的生机。

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Life is like a stream, all the way through the rocky heavy hairy, eventually into a calm lake.

人生如溪流，一路历尽坎坷崎岖的重重的惊险，最终汇入平静的湖泊。

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The blood stream is the chord of life donated by you which, like a great song, reinvigorates the hope for life.

殷殷血流，是您赠我的生命之弦，让我重拨希望之歌！

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The product, something like a pension, provides a minimum income stream for life, regardless of the underlying investment account values.

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If the court rules against the cable companies, agreeing with the 9th Circuit that cable contains elements of a telecommunications service, it could give new life to small ISPs like Brand X, allowing them access to cable networks and providing a new stream of revenue.

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