starting with hawaii, manifest destiny took to the water, in the form of missionaries, trade, expeditionary forces and notions of decisive sea power advocated by alfred thayer mahan, a naval theorist.
under the theory of chosen people, the americans pose themselves as people selected by god while manifest destiny colors american expansion as answering oracle from god.
在普世主义的美国本土化过程中,至关重要的两个理念是「上帝选民论」和「天定命运论」。
pandora's 「anytime, anywhere」 mantra seems like manifest destiny now.
「随时随地」的口号似乎是命中注定。
but it was the amur river, muraviev insisted, on which russia’s manifest destiny flowed.
但是穆拉维耶夫却坚持认为,俄国的天命之脉流淌在黑龙江上。
the united states has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race.