He shares personal values and encourages self-respect.

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And, in a rare moment of sort of personal self-reflection or self-reference, he notes somewhat drolly that the novelty of his ideas will make it difficult for them to find an audience.

虽然他很少对自己的思想,进行自我反思或自我参照，但他还是自嘲地写道,那些新奇的思想会让它们,很难找到读者。

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So the personal struggle of living in a more unified, faith life in my whole being and bringing that self to the public square.

因此，我致力于,在我的一生中拥有更加统一的信仰生活,并且努力将这个统一的自己融入公共场合。

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His in other words seems to be a highly personal in many ways highly individual quest for self perfection and not a doctrine about the value of freedom of speech in general.

换言之，他崇高的个人,从许多层面来看，是他崇高的个人,追求本身完美，而非关一般,言论自由价值的学说。

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