富: rich, abundant, wealthy...
还是: still, nevertheless, had better...
专制: autocracy, dictatorship...
记载: to write down, to record, written account...
综上所述: to summarize, to sum up...
公共: public, common, communal...
银行: bank...
柱子: pillar...
生机: opportunity to live, to reprieve from death, life force, vitality...
舵手: helmsman...
