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The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was passed around for each man to mark his favourite lines.

  • -- Daniel Hannan 丹尼尔·汉南

岛上的反种族隔离囚犯，就像各个时代和国家的许多人一样，发现莎士比亚有一种特殊的能力来缓和他们的处境。他们过去常常偷偷地聚在一起看戏;有一次，这本书被分发给每个人，让他们写下自己最喜欢的台词。

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The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things that education must try to produce.

思考的能力，对过去的一些了解，对未来的一些展望，以及将服务融入社区福祉的冲动——这些都是教育必须努力产生的最重要的东西。

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The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that.

五角大楼表示，这些囚犯是根据日内瓦公约被关押的，当然我对此并不放心，但我无法证明这是错的;所以我们更清楚了。

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The prisoners for better security against conversation shall have a canvas bag put over the head of each and tied around the neck, with a holes for proper breathing and eating, but not seeing.

为了更好地防止交谈，囚犯们应该在每个人的头上放一个帆布包，并在脖子上绑上一个洞，以便正常呼吸和进食，但不能看到东西。

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Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth's surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves.

让我们对地球表面的一部分拥有足够大的主权，以满足我们作为一个国家的正当要求。其余的我们自己来安排。

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What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

这个国家所需要的——每个国家偶尔都需要的——是一场好的、艰苦的、血腥的战争，以重振爱国主义的恶习。

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The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure.

行为的能力是上帝的恩赐，很少有人被完全赋予。

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