Rather than metal, they sought the rarest ingredients; from feline footsteps and fish breath to the sinews of mountains and mighty bears.

他们寻找的不是金属，而是最稀有的成分；从猫科动物的脚步声和鱼的呼吸到山脉和强大的熊的肌肉。

It created simply a Congress of delegates in which each state had an equal voice and gave it the right to call upon the state legislatures for the sinews of government—money and soldiers.

它只是建立了一个代表大会，每个州在其中都有平等的发言权，并赋予它向州立法机构征求政府力量——金钱和士兵的权利。