当卡尔森与他的顾问观点一致时，他可能故意为错误观点辩解，以便弄清他是否能通过推理来支持对立面。

When Carlson was in accord with his advisors, he might play devil's advocate to see if he could support the opposite side with logic.

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We have the compelling, official authority of the new state licenser, and Milton pits that external state of power against the powers of reason and against the powers of conscience that, of course, were seen to govern human action from within -- an internalized authority.

我们有新政府的出版控制者的强迫的官方统治，弥尔顿陷入了外在的政府权力和推理的力量,以及良心的力量的对立，当然，被认为是从内化的统治约束人类行动。

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