In 1862,Founder Dupre Barbancourt developed a recipe using a distillation process similar to cognac.

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So displacement is a kind of delay or detour of understanding, and condensation, on the other hand, is a kind of distillation of understanding.

所以“移置“是一种滞后的，迂回的理解，而另一方面，“凝缩“,则是理解的提炼过程。

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And so--like the chainlet--it takes that stone-like distillation of life, turning rain to stone, turning life to the representation by your tormentor.

就像那条链子，它提取了,生命中如磐石般不朽的精华，将雨水变成石头，将生命变成,折磨你的人笔下的画像。

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It's a microcosm. It is a distillation or quintessence.

是真实世界的缩影，也是精华和本质的东西。

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