The virtues he valued most were the oldest of all: honesty, self-reliance, decency .

他所最珍视的美德是最古老的美德：诚实，公道，自力更生。

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He had an air of rural self-reliance about him, very different from a typical house pet.

这条狗身上带着一种乡村自力更生的气质，和家养宠物很不一样。

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We admire him, not for his self-reliance, but because he was all by himself out there at Walden Pond, and he wanted to be.

我们钦佩他，并非因为他倡导自力更生精神，而是因为他孤身一人在沃尔登塘畔生活。

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When President Obama ran in 2008 he talked approvingly about self-reliance and accountability.

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Mr Bell said he wanted to encourage self-reliance.

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He set up a lobby group called the Centre For Self Reliance and campaigned for access rights in Sarajevo for wheelchair users.

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