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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The universal state will never allow for or does not allow for the kind of self-perfection that a small, self-governing polis will have.

万国之城将永不会允许,或说不会允许一种自我完善,那只有在小型，自治的城邦中才行得通。

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The person who best captures the unconstrained view, Benjamin Constant, French philosopher and politician, " "It is for self-perfectioning that destiny calls us."

最好地阐述了本性受约束观点的人，法国哲学家政治家Benjamin，Constant说，“命运召唤我们进行自我完善“

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