Just outside, on this cold February evening, a homeless man named Mathew is happily aware of this romantic holiday, even as he shivers and solicits change from passersby.

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You can be a product of the Enlightenment, with a faith in reason, and not become a Romantic who begins to believe in the possibilities of man, or even the perfectibility of man.

你是启蒙运动的产物,带着对理智的信心,而不是相信一个,相信人类无所不能,甚至人的完善性的浪漫主义者

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