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从这看来，开始时未尝不肃敬神祇，只是后来慢慢怠慢松懈了。
由是观之，始未尝不肃祇，后稍怠嫚也。
From this, we can see that at the beginning, people were serious about respecting the gods, but they gradually slackened and relaxed later on.
<s>[INST] Render the following Classical Chinese text into fluent English: 由是观之，始未尝不肃祇，后稍怠嫚也。 [/INST] From this, we can see that at the beginning, people were serious about respecting the gods, but they gradually slackened and relaxed later on.</s>
Render the following Classical Chinese text into fluent English: 由是观之，始未尝不肃祇，后稍怠嫚也。
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From this, we can see that at the beginning, people were serious about respecting the gods, but they gradually slackened and relaxed later on.
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