How it ends up in the long run for the Dutch is that the Dutch cease to be a great power.

荷兰长远之后的下场,便是荷兰国力日衰,风光不再

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The Netherlands also resisted absolutism, and the Dutch Republic remained the Dutch Republic; although, for reasons that we'll see later, the Dutch Republic ceases to be a great power in the 18th century.

荷兰抵制绝对统治的政体,保留了共合制,然而,后面我们将说到,荷兰共和国在十八世纪没落了

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