Every death is a tragedy—regardless of the cause—but we have no greater claim to use this earth than any of the other creatures that we share it with.

每一种死亡都是悲剧——不管死因是什么——但是我们并没有比与我们共存于地球上的其它生物更大的权利来利用地球上的一切。

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I've been on this earth for nearly four decades.

我已经在地球上生活了大约40个年头了。

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His days in power, perhaps also on this earth, are numbered.

他当权的时日，或者说他还能活的日子都屈指可数。

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"His extraordinary life on this earth has come to an end," "The extraordinary good that he did lives on."

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It's always Milton's duty - this is the reason that he was put on this earth: to liberate a people from any such constraining customs.

弥尔顿的使命是,-他是为此才诞于世上：,将英格兰民族从所有抑制人的传统中解放出来。

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Very like leaves upon this earth are the generations of men."

人类的传宗接代如同落叶归根“

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Nature did not put whales on this earth to splash kids while stuck in a pen.

CNN: Free the killer whale

Our national life is richer for the time Dr. Hooks spent on this Earth.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Paul so elegantly put it, we see only "through a glass darkly" while on this earth.

CNN: Seeking the truth about Jesus