We understand why children are afraid of darkness, but why are men afraid of light? — Plato.

我们理解为什么孩子害怕黑暗，却不理解为什么成年人害怕光亮。

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Paiko stepped gingerly away. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness of the cell, he began to see that at least three rings of men had formed circles.

Paiko战战兢兢地移开了，他的眼睛逐渐开始适应牢房的黑暗，他看见人们起码围了三个圈。

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When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leading men of your tribes and your elders came to me.

那时，火焰烧山，你们听见从黑暗中出来的声音。

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With his force of less than twenty men, John Brown moved through the darkness down to the bridge that crossed the Potomac River.

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And the two old men disappeared into the darkness of the Stanislau.

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Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be men and women who bring hope to others.

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The animal lay silently in the darkness of the trailer, its eyes burning red in the viewfinder of the men's night-vision camera.

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