And even though a great civil war was being fought, citizens of the North prepared to choose a leader.

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Every polity seeks its own advantage against others, making relations between states a condition of unremitting war of all against all.

每一个政体都在追寻自身的利益,而非他者，国家间的联盟,是一种全面战争的条件，持续性的永恒对抗。

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There's a way in which the context of the war, too, shadows the poem and remains present in it.

在战争的背景下，也投影于诗中同时也保持了它的现实性。

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These are still countries that are digging themselves out of a lot of war, a lot of conflict.

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The evidence thus far leads to the conclusion that this was a war of choice and not a war of necessity.

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The stabilizing part played by the EU has helped to transform most of Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace.

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