He wanted to build institutions that would be used for the sole purpose of perfecting the slave into the perfect worker.

因而需要建立一些特殊机构,这些机构只用于一个目的,就是能够让奴隶变成完美的工人

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And when he goes picking in the cotton fields, he imagines that he could be a slave.

当他去采棉花的时候，他把自己想象成一个奴隶。

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That's in Exodus 21:26-27. Moreover, the slave is entitled to the Sabbath rest and all of the Sabbath legislation. And quite importantly, a fugitive slave cannot be returned to his master.

这是在《出埃及记》第21章26-27节的描述，另外，奴隶有权,享受安息日的休息和所有关于安息日的法规，十分，重要的一点是，逃亡的奴隶不能再被归还给他的主人。

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The slave might be your business manager, but all the slave could do is the paperwork.

就算他为你管理生意，也只能做做文书工作。

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