After I hadrecognized you today–I had to take such a leap–I had to take a leap over mywhole life to get back to that time.

今天我认出你来，我得纵身一跃，跃过我的整个人生回到那个时间去。

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This makes the international decline look slightly eerie: blackbirds drop from the sky, plagues slacken and end, and there seems no absolute reason that societies leap from one state to another over time.

NEWYORKER: The Caging of America