There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists—that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man.

关于它是由什么构成的，人们有各种不同的看法，但大家一致认为，有这样一种本质是存在的，也就是说，有一种东西可以作为人就是人的依据。

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"It scares me that if a man can do something like that - one who I know is gentle, and has been a good man throughout my whole life - am I capable of that?" he says.

亨利说：“我被吓住了，如果一个人能做出这样的事，而且这个人是我熟悉的人，一个温柔的人，一个在我整个生活中一直是个善良的人；那么是否我也能做出这样的事？”

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There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man.

对人性包括什么内容有各种各样的看法，但是地人性本身的存在则是一致认同的。

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But the man did not move. He heard that unearthly cry upon his failing sense, again and nearer than before.

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De Man does not believe this. De Man thinks, on the contrary, that there is such a thing as literariness.

德曼不相信这个，反之，他认为，有书面性这种东西存在。

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I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: and no man could learn that song.

我听到竖琴师用他们的竖琴反复演奏着：，…,没人能学会那首歌。

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We had a group of Founding Fathers who knew the scriptures, who knew the wisdom of the ages, who knew that there was such a thing as human nature, who knew that man was prone to err and government ought to be constructed on the basis of that knowledge, but that man could rise to great heights when inspired and when given the opportunity.

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He is not a man that one likes, but "a man that one respects, " says Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

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But they said that they don't feel that the man should be prosecuted and that he acted responsibly, that the accident was not his fault.

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