"There now!" exclaimed the stranger; "it is our nature to desire a monument, be it slate or marble, or a pillar of granite, or a glorious memory in the universal heart of man."

“现在，”陌生人宣布“这是我们的天性来的，都希望拥有一个丰碑，无论是石头的大理石，或者一个花岗岩柱，或者在无形中永驻人民心中。

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"He was a pillar of what you hope for in a player - loyal, committed, honest and a man of integrity, " the Manchester United manager wrote in his programme notes for yesterday's match.

“他拥有你想要的球员的一切品质——忠诚、正直，”弗格森在昨天的比赛简报中这样写道。

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It is considered that belief becomes relatively stable and serves as a supporting pillar of man 'spiritual world once it is formed.

认为信念一经形成便相对稳定，成为人们精神世界的支柱，但是信念也会由于赖以产生的基础的变化而动摇。

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Peter, a man who his friends described as a pillar of the London tango community, says that "there is just nothing like the tango".

BBC: Forever Tango

Well, the black man has functioned in the white man's world as a fixed star, as an immovable pillar: and as he moves out of his place, heaven and earth are shaken to their foundations.

NPR: An Author's Companion in Rage, Exile and Return

His hockey stick, which purported to demonstrate the link between man-made carbon emissions and catastrophic global warming, was the central pillar of the IPCC's 2001 Third Assessment Report, and it brought him near-legendary status in his community.

WSJ: James Delingpole: Climategate 2.0