来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第1集 第1集》

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  Adams saying that the war was no part of the revolution.
  亚当斯说战争事实上并不属于革命
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  Adams does say, "Well, maybe my ideas are a little bit peculiar"
  亚当斯也说 "我的见解可能别具一格"
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  But he's not the only one spouting that kind of thought.
  但将这一观点挂在嘴边的绝不仅他一人
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  So here is Benjamin Rush,
  这里还有本杰明·拉什
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  who I guess in a way you could say was doctor to the stars.
  我想在某种程度上他可被称作名人们的医生
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  He was actually this renowned doctor from the revolutionary
  实际上 他自美国革命及立国早期
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  and early national period
  便名声在外
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  and he had a lot of high-placed political friends.
  也与许多政治高层交往甚密
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  So here's Benjamin Rush writing in 1787:
  本杰明·拉什于1787年写道
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  "There is nothing more common
  "将美国革命
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  than to confound the terms of the American Revolution
  与美国战争混为一谈
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  with those of the late American war.
  再平常不过了