By the way, some of it were not pleasant; the cultural wars I found very unpleasant, although it may have been the most important kinds of thing I did.

顺便说一下，这个经历并不是一直很愉快;,我自己不怎么喜欢文化论战，虽然,我最重要的工作很可能是在那个时期。

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I want to suggest to you that the fact that it's the religious book for him, for his culture, for his family, is not of course incidental to the fact that it's what reminds him of home.

我想提出一个事实,对于他自己，对于他的文化，对于他的家庭，这是一本有着宗教意味的书,所以这让他想起了家就绝非偶然了。

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