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A Literature, when it is formed, is a national and historical fact; it is a matter of the past and the present, and can be as little ignored as the present, as little undone as the past. We can deny, supersede, or change it, then only, when we can do the same towards the race or language which it represents. Every great people has a character of its own, which it manifests and perpetuates in a variety of ways. It developes into a monarchy or republic;—by means of commerce or in war, in agriculture or in manufactures, or in all of these at once; in its cities, its public edifices and works, 去书内
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    文学在形成时，是一个国家和历史事实；这是一个过去和现在的问题，可以像现在一样被忽视，像过去一样被撤销。只有当我们能够对它所代表的种族或语言做同样的事情时，我们才能否认、取代或改变它。每个伟大的民族都有自己的性格，并以各种方式表现和延续。它发展成为君主制或共和国--通过商业或战争、农业或制造业，或同时进行所有这些活动；在城市、公共建筑和工程中，

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