"「從前人人問我，你的革命（與現代化）思想從何而來？我今直答之：革命（與現代化）思想乃正從香港而來，從香港此一殖民地而來。（英語原文：“Where and how did I get my revolutionary and modern ideas? I got my ideas in this very place; in the Colony of Hong Kong.”）」"

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