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煤气可与烟雾缭绕的油灯和摇曳不定的蜡烛相媲美，在新世纪之初，富裕的伦敦人逐渐习惯了有煤气照明的房子，甚至街道。

Coal gas rivaled smoky oil lamps and flickering candles, and early in the new century, well-to-do Londoners grew accustomed to gaslit houses and even streets.

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然而，伞在发明之初并非一件普通物品，它是王权或重要性的象征。

However, the umbrella did not begin its life as an ordinary object. It was a sign of royalty or importance.

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There seems to be in existence from the beginning of creation this universal moral law, and that is: the God-endowed sanctity of human life.

这个道德准则似乎在,创始之初就存在，它是指：,上帝使人类具有神圣性。

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In fact, when Facebook first debuted, random aside, ID they used I believe an int to represent your profile IDs.

在Facebook创立之初，我猜他们使用int来表示配置文件。

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So it seems that sex was part of the plan for humans even at creation.

所以，性在人类被创造之初，便是人类的一部分。

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