Slaveholders, he argued, should be absolved

他认为奴隶主们应该被赦免
because they were themselves the victims of this system

因为他们自身也是这一体系的受害者
and therefore the victims of history--

因而也是历史上是受害者
a tragic lot, destined to try to preserve a civilization

悲剧的命运命中注定要去维护一种
that the world was beginning to pass by.

逐渐被世界摒弃的文明
He greatly admired antebellum southern society and civilization,

他十分尊敬战前的南方社会和文明
and there's a certain nostalgia in Rhodes' work for:

罗兹的作品中有那么一丝怀旧的情怀
my God what we lost,

种植园主们的世界里
in the great planters world.

主啊看看我们失去的
He rose Robert E. Lee to the status of national hero;

他把罗伯特·李抬到了民族英雄的高度
he didn't do it alone,

他不是一个人完成的
there were a lot of people helping him with that by 1900--

1900年的时候有很多人帮助他