但制度并不是万能的。

But institutions are not everything.

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尽管一些氏族合并成更大的氏族，而另一些氏族则分裂成更小的氏族，但母系氏族制度在这一整个时期一直保持着。

The system of matrilineal clans was maintained throughout this period, even though some clans merged to form larger groups while others divided into smaller descent groups.

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虽然对大多数历史学家来说，根据重要性对历史原因进行排序的必要性似乎是显而易见的，但这种等级制度引发了严重的哲学难题。

While the need to rank historical causes in some order of importance may seem obvious to most historians, such hierarchies raise serious philosophical difficulties.

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We have a system, which you say it really-- The progressive tax system is very important but it's not conceptualized right.

我们有个制度，你们都觉得-,累进税制非常重要,但它被错误的概念化了。

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We have a good system in taxes, but it's imperfect because it hasn't been thought out thoroughly in terms of risk management.

我们有很好的税收制度，但它并不完善,因为它并非完全从风险管理的角度,经过考量而得出的。

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That's not what the American constitution is about, but it was what the Greek constitutions were about.

美国宪法并非如此,但希腊史上的宪法制度却是如此的

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