So what makes him feel close to home, in a way, has to make him feel close to the religion he's trying to reject.

所以，要想让一个人对亲近家，在某种意义上，先得让他亲近他试图抗拒的宗教。

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He wrote a long and detailed history of Britain, attempting to create the meaning of that little island that he always assumed was God's chosen nation.

他写了一部长而具体的英国史，试图论证这座小岛的重大意义,他一直相信英国是上帝所选的国度。

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