He, of course, had pled innocent.

当然他认为自己无罪
There are many of those letters.

这样的信件有很多
I had the great privilege to read a whole batch of the originals once,

我曾有幸阅读过那些书信的原件
housed at, of all places, the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

这些原件收藏在宾夕法尼亚州历史协会
He wrote this one to his wife,

这封信是他写给妻子的
which may be indicative of Brown's vision of his own acts

信中的内容揭示了布朗对自己行动的设想
and a vision that was now going to stick,

如今这个设想以某种方式
in some ways, in poetry and in song.

在我们的诗歌和歌曲中表现出来了
"I have been whipped," He wrote to his wife,

"我被鞭子抽了" 他在给妻子的信中写道
"As the saying goes,

"虽然舆论那样说
but am sure I can recover all the lost capital

但我确定我能够挽回
occasioned by that disaster

由于那场灾难而带来的损失