The death of Edward King is really forcing him to question the point of his pursuit of greatness, of poetic fame, and all of his ambition.

爱德华·金的死迫使他询问自己,他这样追求伟大与名望，他这样的雄心壮志到底有何意义。

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They're too important simply to have been read once: Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse?

它们太重要了，不能只读一遍：,哎！，这有何意义,整日做着简单无趣的牧羊人的营生，缪斯如此无情还要对其冥思苦想？

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What do you find that significant?

您认为这有何意义吗？

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It's seeking to ascertain the meaning of events to draw larger philosophical, ideological conclusions from the events of history, and to point to the larger purpose or design of history, not to say just what happened, but to say why it happened and what it means for us today that it did happen.

它致力于查明事件的意义,得出哲学性的思想性的结论，从历史事件中，并且指出历史图景中的宏观目的，不说发生了什么，而阐明为什么它会发生,而它发生了对于今天的我们有何意义。

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Professor John Rogers: For a vast number of complicated reasons, Milton has invited for 350 years now a uniquely violent and I do think it's a violent response to the particular question of his value as a poet.

约翰·罗杰斯教授：350年来，由于很多复杂原因，对于米尔顿作为一个诗人到底有何巨大意义,人们的反应一直都很激烈,我确实认为是很激烈的反应。

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