This spirit can be extened to the hisorical truth that the rise and fall of a nation depends on how citizens are united by one heart.

这种精神同样也证明了一个历史真理，即一个国家的兴旺取决于该国的人民是否团结一条心。

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And then the second driving force I can think of is still the traditional competitions and relations between nation states, or the rise and fall of great powers.

然后我想到的第二股驱动力仍然是各国之间的竞争与交往，或者说是大国的兴衰起伏。

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The quality of the management is directly related to the rise and fall of the nation.

吏治的好坏，直接关系到国家的治乱兴衰。

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The two World Wars saw the fall of old imperial powers and the rise of new nation states, usually now as republics, with new currencies.

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In a previous column entitled The UnEducation of a Nation I pointed out nations rise and fall based on the quality of their leadership.

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