We chose the name "American Mosaic" because the purpose of the show is to create a picture of life in the United States through many small stories.

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So in this context, the river of oblivion serves an obvious purpose in the context we have here in Book Two.

故在这部分文本中，遗忘之河便是为了遗忘而存在的,在第二册书正是这样体现的。

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We will revert, as others revert to Lycidas, to Tony the Tow Truck for the purpose of introducing questions of applied theory.

到时候，我们再来分析《拖运车托尼》,为了介绍应用理论的问题。

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We take the old advice and the old adage that in the calm ahead we use the strength of purpose that we found in the storm.

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To the extent that we forfeit that primary goal we defeat the purpose of our own lives.

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And most of all, after a decade of passionate debate, we must recapture the common purpose that we shared at the beginning of this time of war.

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