来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第11集 第11集》

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  take over the House of Representatives, in huge numbers.
  以巨大的人数优势掌控众议院
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  Then you get Lincoln in the White House for four years--
  还有 如果林肯执政四年后
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  and what if you get him for eight?
  取得连任 又将如何
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  and he appoints the next two, three, four,
  而且他有权指派最高法院
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  five members of the Supreme Court.
  五位继任大法官
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  And he can control the diplomatic corps around the world,
  他还可以掌控全世界的外交使团
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  and even more importantly he can control patronage
  更为重要是他可以掌控
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  of the post office system, which in those years,
  邮政系统的任免权 在当时
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  believe it or not, was very powerful;
  不管你信不信 那是非常有权力的机构
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  nobody gives a hoot about
  现在没人会关心谁在管理邮局
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  who runs the post offices now but boy they did then.
  不过同学们那时候确实是这样的
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  And what was at stake?
  什么是当务之急