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Paper's Long March 纸张的演进 Remember when the 1980s brought us the first wave of the modern computer and electronics revolution？ At that time， heady young technocrats forsaw the paperless office. It was claimed that paper would become a thing of

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8Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind. 3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of th

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Isaiah 以赛亚书35

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9Then Job replied: 2Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be righteous before God? 3Though one wished to dispute with him, he could not answer him one time out of a thousand. 4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resist

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