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“ Zheng summed up his life-long experience in business and politics in one single eternal quote:”To resist foreign aggression, one must continuously strive to make progress; to continuously strive to make progress, one must first acquire wealth; to acquire wealth, one must first build up the education system, institute a Constitution, value morality, and improve governance.

“ ravine Look up ravine at Dictionary.com 1760, “deep gorge,” from Fr. ravin “a gully” (1690, from O.Fr. raviner “to hollow out”), and from Fr. ravine “violent rush of water, gully,” from O.Fr. ravine “violent rush, robbery, rapine,” both ult. from L. rapina (see rapine); sense influenced by L. rapidus “rapid.” M.E. ravine meant “booty, plunder, robbery” from c.1350-1500. Cf. ravening.

“ enthusiasm Look up enthusiasm at Dictionary.com c.1600, from M.Fr. enthousiasme, from Gk. enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein “be inspired,” from entheos “inspired, possessed by a god,” from en- “in” + theos “god” (see Thea). Acquired a derogatory sense of “excessive religious emotion” (1650s) under the Puritans; generalized sense of “fervor, zeal” (the main modern sense) is first recorded 1716.