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There is an edited edition of his letters from his trip round the world on HMS Beagle（注2）, an effort to connect his life with that of Abraham Lincoln (who was born on the same day, February 12th 1809), an attempt (surely redundant for supporters and futile for opponents) to explain "Why Evolution is True", and even a collection of essays on Alfred Russel Wallace（注3）, who came up with the idea of natural selection at the same time as Darwin, and bounced him into publishing before he was really ready.

有一本书对达尔文乘坐贝格尔号环游世界期间所写信件加以修订，另一本费尽心思将他与同于1809年2月12日出生的亚伯拉罕。林肯牵扯在一起，还有试图解释"进化论为什么不可摇撼"（当然，这对支持者略显多余；对反对者则是徒劳无功），甚至有一本关于阿尔弗雷德。罗素。华莱士的随笔集也随之问世（华莱士和达尔文同时提出了自然选择的理论，正因读到华莱士的论文，达尔文的《物种起源》才未臻成熟就付诸出版）。

If government cannot from go up at all change is in office the concept transforms then governmental function, cannot lawfully just processing blends in Wu of governmental day commonplace, netizen of at one's convenience again how loudly appeal to the public also make a futile effort, profitless at solving a problem at all.

如果政府不能从根本上转变执政理念进而转变政府职能，不能把依法公正处理融入政府日常事务，任凭网民再怎么大声疾呼也将徒劳无功，无益于根本解决问题。【以下内容为IT者网站提供英文翻译，未经授权请勿转载

I sometimes wish that love was not futile in effort, unspoken in yearning, unignited in passion.

有时我想，爱情不是徒劳的努力，默契的渴望， unignited激情。

As I dug into butter-smeared parathas, cutlets and noodles I found myself counting calories along with my blessings, in a futile effort.

正如我挖黄油涂parathas ，排骨和面条我发现自己计数卡路里连同我的祝福，在徒劳。

It goes back to what I told you...

现在回到我告诉过你的。。。

With a supporter in Mr Charest and an admirer in Mr Dumont, Mr Harper may be encouraged to call an election himself.

由于在沙雷那边有个支持者，杜蒙那边有个崇拜者，鼓励哈珀为自己举行一次选举。