Eine lächerliche Vorstellung: Es gab so viele alte Feindseligkeiten zwischen den Sekten, so viele unterschiedliche Zielsetzungen, die sich überlagerten und störten.
This was ludicrous: There were so many ancient enmities among sects, so many different objectives that interfered with one another.
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