However dimly that light came through to you, suffering so acutely from the rough denial of the very existence of American ideals, part of it must have come through American delineation of American characters.

不管遇到何种艰险，哪怕翻山越岭,哪怕趟水滚沙，这些都需要,生动的角色来表现出来。

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It's really rough around the edges.

它总是艰难地在边缘徘徊。

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Now as I say, I made this calculation some years ago It doesn't really matter how inaccurate it's going to be As we'll see it's very rough but it makes the point ? How many people are there?

现在就像我说的，我很多年前做了这个计算,到底它有多不精确其实无所谓,我们会看到,这个计算很粗糙,但却给出了一个说明,有多少人？

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