He says: It had only been through books, at best no more than vicarious cultural transfusions, that I had managed to keep myself alive in a negatively vital way.

并加以思索，他说，：,“唯有通过读书，这种让文化在我心中产生共鸣的方式,才能维系我生存的勇气。

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Were Milton not to fight in some way to defend what he takes to be the true church, he would simply not be investing those talents that God had given him.

如果弥尔顿没有以某种方式,来维护他心中真正的教会，他就并没有在发挥上帝给予他的才能。

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