He marveled in this piece

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at how Americans had healed--

他惊异于美国人是怎样痊愈的
that was his word--

以下是他的原话--
from their Civil War, from this kind of blood-letting;

"[痊愈于]这场内战这场杀戮
how a nation over a hundred years had healed, he said.

这个国家一百多年来是如何痊愈的" 他说
And that a nation could actually commemorate a civil war,

一个国家能够如此开放的
so openly, all over the landscape,

在每个地方都能纪念这场内战
he said was truly remarkable, if not unprecedented in modern history.

就算说不上前所未有也令人惊叹
The war, he said, was--his word--a source of unity.

他说这场战争是团结的一种表现
"The memory of our civil war"--

"我们内战的记忆"--
and I'm quoting Bruce Catton, 1965--

引用1965年布鲁斯·卡顿的原话--
"has not been a divisive force in this country."

"尚未成为这个国家的分裂力量"