which created agricultural colleges across the country,

这一法令使得联邦政府出资
by federal money.

在全国建立了数所农业大学
In fact last week I gave a lecture at my alma mater--

事实上上周我在母校做了一次讲座
at Michigan State--

我的母校在密歇根州
and just outside the lecture hall where I lectured

在我讲课的讲堂外
was a copy of the original handwritten Morrill Act.

就有一份手写的摩利尔法案的原稿
I know you don't care but I did

我知道你们不在乎但我在乎
because Michigan agricultural College was the first land grant college,

因为密西根农业大学是第一所州立大学
and they always reminded us of that every time--

而且每年大一新生情况介绍时
every year at freshman orientation.

学校都不忘提到这一点
And really,frankly to understand-- and I'll leave you here--

我打算讲完这点就下课坦白说
to understand how Northerners,the Republican Party,

要理解为什么北方人民共和党