Plenty of gentler ones want no more than to withdraw from the mainstream and create their own micro-paradise with a few like-minded idealists.

很多温和派乌托邦主义者充其量只希望退隐俗世，和一群志同道合者建造一个属于自己的微型天堂。

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But all of us, being idealists at heart, like to think of motives that sound good.

然而，我们本质上都是理想主义者，喜欢为自己的行为找一个崇高的理由。

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The story carries a sobering message for idealists, who would like to hear the violins play as their hero bravely does everything that is right and noble.

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