As time went on, his ambition to be part of the U.S. Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.

随着时间的推移，他要跻身美国最高法院的雄心壮志在酒精和绝望中消逝。

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For a world in the depths of crisis and despair, another “Volcker moment” may well be at hand.

对于一个深陷危机与绝望的世界而言，另一个“沃尔克时刻”很可能即将到来。

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For a world in the depths of crisis and despair, another "Volcker moment" may well be at hand.

对于一个深陷危机与绝望的世界而言，另一个“沃尔克时刻”很可能即将到来。

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I am at the point of believing," he says, "that my labor will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato," he says in a moment of sort of uncharacteristic despair, "will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato."

我就快相信，自己所做的这一切都将是无用功,就像柏拉图所建立的理想国一样,他曾异常绝望地这样说，就像柏拉图的理想国一样毫无意义“

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Much of its support seems to be drawn from a general sense of despair at the established parties.

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