And what struck me most about conversations that I had, either in Leverett or other houses, were students is their sense of mission,your sense of mission, your desire to do good, to make the world a better place.

在与学生的交谈中，让我印象最深的是，无论是在莱弗里特宿舍或其他地方，学生们的使命感，你们的使命感，你们对成功的渴望，让世界变得更美好的愿望。

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Under that heading you might call "American Progress" came the sense of American mission: spreading liberty, spreading democracy, spreading Christianity.

在"美国式进步"的带领下,发展成为一种美国的使命,即推广自由民主,传播基督教思想

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