这是摈弃过去，掌握未来的必要前提。

It is the prerequisite for mastering the future and overcoming the past.

youdao

即使孤家寡人，只要掌握了年轻人，就能掌握未来。

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

youdao

我很喜欢历史，对中国历史有一些研究，我认为了解过去，才能掌握未来。

In my view, only through a good understanding of the past, can we master the future.

youdao

But, in February of 1871 there are elections and the provinces, particularly the conservative, western provinces like Brittany return this extremely monarchist dominated National Assembly that is going to determine the future of France.

在一八七一年二月,举行了一系列选举,并且那些守旧城市,像西部城市布列塔尼,那里的国民大会,又重新被极端君主专制主义者们掌握,而这将决定法国的未来

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选