the whole section of the essay in which he's talking about classicism and which he later calls "tradition" is meant to suggest that we really can't merge horizons effectively unless we have a very broad and extensive common ground with what we're reading.

他花了一整个部分来讨论古典主义,他后来称其为，“传统“，是想要暗示,我们不可能有效地合并视界,除非我们对于我们的所读,有着极广的认识。

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"We aren't far from common ground but haven't gotten there yet, " said Mr. Young.

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And I don't know, you know, where the common ground is, but...

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They don't expect in a negotiation or a compromise or the finding of common ground that -- they expect both sides to give, both sides to make tough choices, to come together, to do the business the people sent us here to do.

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