The quietness was that of the inanimate, and I understood again, because I had seen dead bodies before, why a pre-scientific age would have needed to invent the soul.

由于以前我也见过尸体，现在，我再一次明白了，为什么在科学出现之前的时代中，人们需要创造出灵魂这个东西。

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And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

第二位天使把碗倒在海里，海就变成血，好像死人的血，海中的活物都死了。

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Maybe there are certain supernatural things about communication from the dead or near-death experiences that need to be explained in terms of the soul.

也许有某些超自然的关于,亡者或是弥留之人的交流,或是,濒死体验,需要借助灵魂才能解释得通

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