There was drumming and dancing and an exuberant farewell for a man many here see not just as president of the United States, but a son of Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

A lot has happened since the exuberant optimism of the political spirit that we see in a tract like Areopagitica.

弥尔顿在《论出版自由》中发表了极为乐观的政治思想之后,政治形势发生了很大变化。

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