I wish to work. But what can I do.

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Non-Western peoples who wish to share in the things that characterize modernity will need to study the ideas and history of Western civilization to achieve what they want, and westerners, I would argue, who wish to preserve these things must do the same.

希望分享西方现代特点的,非西方人士需要学习,西方文明的思想和历史,以实现自己的理想,而对西方,而我要说,那些希望,保留自身文明的西方人,也必须做相同的事

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Or like I said, you can directly reference what you do not wish to do.

或者像我说的那样，你可以直接表态你不想做某事。

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