来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第12集 第12集》
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that would drive French colonialism until its bitter end.最终将法国殖民主义推向了痛苦的结局 -
This combination came to be known in French这种结合后来在法语里 -
as the mission civilisatrice, the civilizing mission,被称作教化使命 -
the idea that a Greco-Roman heritage, Christianity,即认为古希腊罗马遗产 基督教 -
the legacy of the Enlightenment, modern science, capitalism,启蒙思想 现代科学 资本主义 -
that all these things made France inherently superior所有这些让法国生来高贵 -
and gave it a moral responsibility并赋予了它道德责任 -
to export these legacies of its civilization让它将这个文明国家的这些遗产 -
to the less fortunate.传播给那些不那么幸运的国家 -
So, although France had a long history of empire,所以 虽然法国有很长的帝国历史 -
at the birth of the Third Republic in 1871在1871年第三共和国诞生之时 -
the upheavals of many revolutions and the Paris Commune meant各种革命和巴黎公社的动荡