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The restoration of the nation must therefore give life, in the most biological sense of the term, to national culture.
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The sentence presents national culture as something living, not merely preserved as a relic. Restoring the nation therefore means bringing its culture back to active life and helping it grow again. “In the most biological sense” strengthens this comparison: culture is described as needing renewal like a living organism.
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