In other words, he hoped to revive in some way the spirit of the ancients of antiquity, but to modify it in the lights of his own experience.

换句话说，他希望能够,复兴远古先贤的精神，但加入,他个人的亲身经历。

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And decently reclothed, I enter the ancient courts of ancient men, where received by them lovingly, I feed on the food that alone is mine and that I was born for.

合宜更衣之后，我进入先贤的远古殿堂，他们都热情地接待我，我饱食专属我个人的丰美知识,那也是我生来应做的事。

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