大半年过去了，林肯也很受邻居们的欢迎，因此，林肯决定参加伊利诺伊州州立法委员职位的角逐。

With the coming of spring, encouraged by his great popularity among the neighbors, Lincoln decided to offer himself as a candidate for election to the legislature of the state of Illinois.

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然后 欺骗开始生效了，对波赛达人是极大的震动和懊恼，一位“一的法则”之委员会成员被调换职位 。

Then the deception rolled into effect. To the great shock &chagrin of the Poseidons, one of the Law of One members of the Council, switched positions.

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最后，委员会对吉姆认为适合该职位的第一和第二人选都视而不见，而是选择了另外一个人，而这个人也确实胜任这份工作。

The committee ended up bypassing Jim's first and second choices for the position and selecting a person who did succeed in the role.

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