[size=10.5pt]Interestingly, the author ascribes the success of Asian economies to their adoption of “seven pillars of Western wisdom”, so he does give some credit to the West.

[size=10.5pt]有趣的是，作者将亚洲经济的崛起归咎为借助了“西方智慧的七大支柱”，因此他的确对西方给予了一定的肯定。

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By the time he sat down to write his account in "Seven Pillars of Wisdom, " the railway was in tatters and Amman was capital of the new Emirate of Transjordan -- both thanks, chiefly, to Faisal and Lawrence's revolt.

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