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Orang Barat datang ke mari, dengan pengetahuan dan perasaan, bahwa ialah yang dipertuan bagi orang di sini.
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The sentence describes Westerners arriving with both an intellectual belief and an emotional attitude that they have authority over the local people. “Knowing and feeling” shows that this sense of rule is presented as deeply held, not merely a formal claim. The wording highlights the unequal relationship assumed between those who arrive and those already living there.
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