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foothold, a hold for the feet; place where one may tread or stand;hence, established place; basis for operation; foundation.
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teeming, filled to overflowing with people.
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unfettering, loosening from fetters or restraint; unchaining; liberating.
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emancipation, act of setting or making free; hence, deliverance from any onerous and controlling power or influence.
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caravels, vessels. In the 15th and the 16th centuries, a small vessel with broad bows, high narrow poop, three or four masts, and usually lateen sails on the two or three aftermasts. Columbus had two caravels with him on his great voyage.
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Questions
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1. Why does the story of the discovery of America appeal to the imagination?
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2. Why has America appealed to the immigrant?
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3. What was the ideal of the men who founded America?
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4. Why is it difficult to keep that ideal in the present world?
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5. What is liberty?
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6. Why must law come to the assistance of the individual more than formerly?
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7. From what is liberty in danger?
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8. Upon what does the greatness of America depend?
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9. Where do the vitality and wealth of America lie?
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10. What is the underlying necessity of all prosperity?
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11. What reforms of politics and industry are suggested?
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12. How has the meaning of liberty changed since America was founded?
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参考译文
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【作品简介】
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《民族生命力的解放》一文选自伍德罗·威尔逊所著《新自由》，纽约道布尔戴·佩奇出版公司1913年出版。后收入莫里斯·加兰·富尔顿编辑的《民族理想与问题》,301—310页。
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【作者简介】
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伍德罗·威尔逊（1856—1924），美国政治学者、历史学家。第一次世界大战期间任美国总统，国际联盟的主要推动者。
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27 民族生命力的解放
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无论多少次，每当想到美洲的发现，我们总会浮想联翩。几个世纪以来，确切地说是自始以来，欧洲一直把面孔扭向东方。所有贸易路线，每次冲动、每股能量，都从西方延伸向东方。大西洋曾经位于世界的后门。突然，土耳其人占据了君士坦丁堡，关闭了通向东方的道路。欧洲若不转身，其能量将无处宣泄；最终欧洲人冒险进入西方那片未知的海洋，于是地球人知道了那里比先前想象的要大上一倍。哥伦布未能如其所愿找到华夏文明，却发现了一块空旷的大陆。在世界的那片区域，在那个新发现的半球上，人类在其历史的后期得到了一个机会，开创新的文明；在这里，人类莫名其妙地获得了特权，进行前所未有的人类实验。
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