lay in the expansion of its colonial empire.

关键就在于殖民帝国的扩张
Perhaps the most famous of these advocates of colonial expansion

在这些拥护殖民扩张的政治精英中
among the political elite was Jules Ferry,

最著名的大概是朱尔·费里
who was of course the famous advocate of the école républicaine

他是共和国学校的著名推崇者
and the battles over that in the 1870s and 1880s.

在十九世纪七八十年代还曾主张为此而战
Ferry's arguments for imperial expansion in many ways encapsulate

费里的帝国扩张理论从许多方面总结出了
French colonial ideology in the late nineteenth century.

十九世纪末期法国的殖民意识形态
Ferry believed, in his words, quote,

用他的话说费里相信
"that colonial policy was the daughter of industrial policy;

"殖民政策是工业化政策的产物
enriched states where capital abounds and accumulates,

它使国家繁荣富强
where the manufacturing system is undergoing continual growth,

资本大量累积制造业不断发展
export is an essential factor in public prosperity."

并且出口是国家繁荣的关键要素