And the second part of the book is devoted to India's speciality: ideas that have prevailed in theory, but not in practice, leaving reformers with nothing more to say, but plenty still to do.

本书第二部份著重探讨印度的专长：理论充满创意，却都没有实行，让改革家已经无话好说，却还有一大堆需要去做。

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If you can't get anyone else I don't mind playing for the team, but I warn you that I'm not in practice.

如果你找不到别人，我同意为球队上场打球，但我先告诉你，我的球艺因久不练习已经生疏。

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This is obvious. Yet it is an obvious truth that does not in practice seem to be much acted upon.

这是显而易见的道理，但在实践中却似乎没有完全加以实施。

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Dr. David Hunter says he has not seen an increase in his practice as a pediatric ophthalmologist at Children's Hospital Boston.

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We can talk about "religion-ex" since everybody is spiritually equal, but women and men actually in practice are not equal.

我们可以说说“宗教性别“,在精神层面上，人人都是平等的，而实际上女人和男人是不平等的。

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The decay of Christian belief and practice is not a loss but rather an opportunity for poetry, in Crane.

基督教信仰和践行的衰败,在克莱恩看来，并不是损失，反而是诗歌新生的机会。

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Note that right at the outset the public interest comes first ( at least on paper, if not in practice).

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In a society, a lot of times we have to step back and ask ourselves if what we're doing in principle, not in practice, is right.

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It is there on paper but not in practice.

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