来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明 第18集》
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whatever they had to offer to the dead of the Great War,来纪念一战中的死难者 -
because this was an empty tomb.因为这是座空墓 -
It wasn't the empty tomb of Christ.它不是基督的空墓 -
It was a Greek form.因此采用了希腊风格 -
This drove the churchmen leading the Church of England apoplectic.这让英格兰教会极为愤怒 -
It meant that the language of commemoration was ecumenical这意味着活动上会使用普世教会的悼词 -
and not Christian.而非基督教会的 -
Why should that be?为何会这样 -
Lutyens was the man who designed New Delhi.勒琴斯设计规划了新德里 -
He was the architect of empire.他是帝国的建筑师 -
He wanted a memorial that would suffice他希望这场纪念可以满足各种宗教信仰的需要 -
for Hindu soldiers who had died,这些战死沙场的士兵中有印度教徒