To most men, experience is like the stern light of a ship which illumine only the track it has passed.

对于大多数人，经验就像船的艉灯，只是照亮驶过的航道。

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The Stern book may be careful to avoid academic gobbledygook and complex equations, but it cannot be described as a light read.

这本书可能小心的刻意避免学院派的官样文章和复杂的方程序，但也不能将它说成消遣读物。

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Visibly composing himself, Saidan placed the silver shoulder plates upon Tirion's shoulders and spoke in a stern voice. "By the strength of the Light, may your enemies be undone."

萨丹将银制的肩甲穿在提里奥的肩膀上，用坚定的声音说：“以圣光的强大，愿你的敌人灰飞湮灭。”

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Still in light of this challenge Stern firmly believes that social media drives viewership.

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Privately, several officials also said Bremer was carrying a stern message from the president that it is time, as one put it, to "light a fire" under the council, whose work, in the view of the White House, has been stalled by personal, ethnic and religious rivalries.

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