They said she sang the European music without feeling or understanding.

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I'm perfectly capable of understanding the past in and for itself without any contribution of my own, without, in short, any preconceptions."

我十分能够理解过去,而没有自己的贡献，简单点说就是没有任何的先入之见“

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Always, oh yes always. You never, according to my understanding of this, you never, never want to be without your shield.

嗯,是这样,没错,根据我的理解,你永远不希望离开你的盾牌

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It is an understanding that cannot be achieved without a serious examination of the western experience.

如果不仔细研究西方历史的发展经历,是不可能有这种认知的

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The institutions and the ideas therefore, that provide for freedom and improvement in the material conditions of life, cannot take root and flourish without an understanding of how they came about and what challenges they have had to surmount.

故此,这些机制和理念,为物质生活条件的自由和改善,提供了基础,但在不知道其根源且,无法预料的挑战之前,机制和理念是不可能扎根的

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