It is bad enough when a person devotes his life to the service of power when he does it in a state of intellectual ignorance.

当一个人因为智力上的无知而献身于为权力服务，这已经很坏了。

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In the journey of life, the worst of circumstances is often not poverty, not bad luck, but the spirit and mood is in a state of exhaustion of ignorance without sleep.

在人生的旅途中，最糟糕的境遇往往不是贫困、不是厄运，而是精神和心境处于一种无知无觉的疲惫状态。

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Remaining in a state of confusion (ignorance), we, unavoidably, subject ourselves to this and that misfortunes and undesirable conditions.

由于惑迷的状态（无明）继续存在，我们便不免要遭遇种种灾难和逆缘。

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While FINRA conceded that Whittington did not know at the time of his solicitations that Oxford was engaged in a Ponzi scheme, that hardly informs us as to why the registered person was in such a state of ignorance.

FORBES: FOREX Private Securities Transactions Earn Stockbroker Fine And Suspension

At that time, much of the world's documentary heritage was in a poor state of preservation, which was worsened by war and social upheaval, lack of resources, and ignorance of the importance of this heritage.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES