As we sat facing each other across the desk in his modest office, he told me that the money he had made was for society, not for himself.

他的办公室很普通，我们在办公桌面对面坐下，他告诉我说，他赚的钱是为了社会，而不是为他自己。

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The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.

不是为了他自己，而是为了那个让他沦陷自我的国家和集体。

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He was proud of himself for not giving up.

他为自己没有放弃而豪情满怀。

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The reason he gave for not recusing himself was that there was no financial gain for him in making his decision.

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Not Milton himself would cry up liberty to poor female slaves or plead for the lawfulness or resisting a private tyranny.

即便米尔顿本人也不愿为那些女奴的自由所呼号,辩解，或是反对这种私底下的暴行“

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Milton acknowledges that the course he's chosen for himself may not be a natural one: Nature herself pushes a young man to begin a family and to seek credible employment .

弥尔顿知道他选择了一条,不那么正常的人生道路：,天性使得一个年轻人去结婚,去找一份可靠的工作。

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Dazed but without any broken bones, Cornell flipped open his cell phone and madly dialed for help--not for himself, but for his Exile cycle.

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He plans to use the money not only for himself but also to pay his small staff.

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He could speak, and not just for himself, but for all the other, silent, damaged boys of the world.

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