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VI. THE ARMENIANS
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When I was in Constantinople I felt the restless tossings of long enthralled1 nationalities awaking to the new destinies that might be theirs—Armenians thirsting for their lost country and dispersed2 people; Bulgarians panting and striving for freedom in a Greater Bulgaria; Egyptians claiming independence; Jews praying for a return to the land of David and Solomon; Greeks dreaming strange dreams of a greater and united Greece, yes, even of an eastern empire restored to them, with Constantinople as its centre. I saw the Turk, still defiant3 but apprehensive4, dimly conscious that the end is near at hand, lamenting5 the sins of his people—such sins as that the women do not wholly veil their faces, that the men do not slay6 the infidels. I discerned the subtle plotting of diplomacy7 to guard or gain the Queen City, and so the empire of the East. Everything seemed then, as now, uncertain. It might be peace, it might be war; but all were sure that the old was breaking up, whether to make way for inrushing floods of destruction, or for better days and nobler nations, none could tell. Then I went to the most sacred and vital spot of Stamboul, not to St. Sophia, which, with all the lights and prayers of Ramazan, testified only to the degradation8 and defeat of the purer by a coarser faith, which had become God’s scourge9. I went to the Bible House, and there first, while all was shaking about, I felt that I stood upon a rock, the very Rock of Ages. The old city had fallen because it was built upon a shut Bible; this city was about to fall because it was built upon the Koran. But here on the open Bible was being reared a city which hath a foundation whose builder and
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迷住,吸引住( enthrall的过去式和过去分词 ); 使感到非常愉快 | |
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v.杀死,宰杀,杀戮 | |
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diplomacy
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n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕 | |
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degradation
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Christian
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antiquity
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entirely
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noted
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followers
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追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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precisely
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monarchy
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n.君主,最高统治者;君主政体,君主国 | |
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯 | |
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doctrine
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ordaining
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secular
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delicacy
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illiteracy
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possessed
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scriptures
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经文,圣典( scripture的名词复数 ); 经典 | |
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clergy
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vernacular
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