And without — the frontier warfare; the yearning of a boy, cast ashore upon a desert of newness and ugliness and sordidness, for all that is chastened and old, and noble with traditions.

一场没有硝烟的美丑之战；一个被抛掷在陌生、丑陋、卑鄙的荒原上的孩子，对一切纯洁、古老、高尚的传统的渴望。

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Or in the vast Gobi Desert to find the "flat ferry boat night snow, large glaciers scattered iron railings on" the broad and noble?

还是在茫茫戈壁上找寻“楼船夜雪瓜洲渡，铁马冰河大散关”的博大与崇高？

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Marco Polo called it the 'good and noble' city of Yazd, an ancient town where desert architects learned to cool buildings and even make ice by harnessing the wind.

马可波罗认为亚兹德是一个美好和高贵的城市。 这个古老城镇的沙漠建筑师们壆会了利用风使建筑物降温，甚至制做冰。

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But if the firm is still imprisoned in the assumptions of shareholder capitalism, then the sales unit focused on noble customer purpose will be operating like an oasis in an unfriendly desert.

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