Will the best regime be a small closed society ? that through generations has made a supreme sacrifice towards self-perfection? Think of that.

最优的政体会是一个小型封闭的社会吗,经过多代之后，已壮烈地牺牲于自我完善之中,想想这个问题。

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Maybe one could even say Machiavelli's prince is, in a way, the first truly self-made man.

也还更能说,马奇亚维利的君王是，从某一层面看来，第一位真正白手起家的君子。

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of the story of a self-made person.

靠自己奋斗而成功的人的对立面。

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Cardboard box, self-made top, mask included.

纸盒箱，自己做的上衣，还有面具。

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The virus then can self-assemble, that is, you've made a lot of genetic material, you've made a lot of the structural pieces, there has to be some way that the virus can reassemble, repackage itself into active forms.

于是,病毒可以进行自组装了,也就是说,已经制造出大量的遗传物质,也制造出了大量蛋白质外壳,那么病毒就能通过某些方式,重新装配或者重新组合成活性状态

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I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.

我会背，比如说，联邦条例,我会抬起我的后腿，它在靴子里颤抖，然后开始背，直到犯错，于是，我就会被批评严惩，自尊完全被这个怪物践踏了,他对其他人也会如此加注痛苦。

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This is the opposite of a self-made person.

这不是一个仅仅靠自我奋斗而成功的人。

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