"I wish it need not have happened in…" — J.R.R. Tolkien

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我希望这不必在我的时代发生，但所有看到过这类时代的人都是这样想的，但那不是他们可以决定的。我们唯一需要决定的，就是如何利用我们被赐予的时间。

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