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We seem to appreciate the accomplishments of science more than the miracles of nature.

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The author is reffering to a number of relationships. The first is between individual freedom and political power, that is, if one is not free as an individual, one does not have real power within a community. The second is the tie between language and society and economics. If one doesn't have linguistic freedom/power, one is unlikely to have social freedom or economic success. Because the personal freedom to use language is fundamental to other freedoms and power, if one's language is destroyed, it endangers one's standing in the world.

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Our photo albums show our lives as we want to believe they are.

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关于时间B.C的书写，从大的到小的，如1358 to 1350 B.C而不是按照正常的时间顺序写，要反过来写。