Sometimes the old aristocracy will be able to hold on for a very long time and to suppress any attempt to change things.

有时一些老贵族,会冥顽不灵,固执己见,试图遏止这些变革力量

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Philosophers and psychologists knew for a long time that getting smacked in the head could change your mental faculties; that diseases like syphilis could make you deranged; that chemicals like caffeine and alcohol can affect how you think.

哲学家和心理学家在很久以前便知道,头部受到重创,会改变你的心理官能,像梅毒这样的疾病可以让你精神错乱,像咖啡因和酒精这样的化学药品,可以影响到你的思维

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