It means the greatest, the strongest, the ablest, the most admired. That is what you want to be.

而是说成为最伟大,最强壮,最能干,最受尊敬的人,这才是你该成为的人"

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It then made Massachusetts the most stable state or essentially the most stable state in the country and it was widely-admired.

那时，它使马萨诸塞州成为了美国最稳定的州,或者说本质上最稳定的州,并广受好评与赞赏。

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