The rapid succession of trials is one of the sorest tests of faith.

这些接二连三的试炼，是对我们信心的考验。

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If not, you are expressing your lack of faith and doubt, the tests you create for yourself, that delay its movement.

如果你不这么做，你表达你有缺陷的信仰，琢磨不定，就阻碍和推迟了它的运行。

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But placing too much faith in tests will ultimately be self-defeating, creating a more narrow curriculum and a culture of teaching to the test that goes against the higher ideals of our public education system.

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