来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第14集 第14集》
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Secession had been a direct result of the outcome1860年大选是脱离联邦运动 -
of the Election of 1860.的直接原因 -
To restore the status quo would be to assume that为了修复南北方关系 -
either the North or the South had had a great change of heart,其中一方 必须做出让步 -
that the North would not again go Republican,要么北方不走民主共和之路 -
or that the South would quietly acquiesce if it did.要么南方默许北方这么做 -
Neither Mr. Lincoln nor Mr. Davis但是无论是林肯或者戴维斯 -
was going to assume anything of the kind.都不可能做出这样的让步 -
Each man was fighting for a dreadful simplicity.他们俩都为了一个简单又可怕的目的而战 -
Neither one could describe a solution acceptable to him,没有人能提出一个既能让一方满意 -
without describing something wholly unacceptable to the other.又不触犯另一方利益的方案 -
Neither man could accept anything less than complete victory除非彻底败北 没有一方会