John Brown was a troubled man, he was a morbid man,

约翰·布朗是个思维混乱的人病态的人
he was an Old testament man,

一个旧约式的人物
but he probably was not crazy,

但他也许不是个疯子
as so many people said at the time,

自从那时起
and people have said ever since.

很多人都这么形容他
His altruism on behalf of black people was not utterly selfless,

他对黑人利益的无私奉献并非绝对的无私
but he was an extraordinary example of an American,

但他是美国人之中一个特殊的例子
a white American,

尤其是在美国白人之中
who put his money where his mouth was --

他并非说说空话
he didn't have any money --

虽然他身无分文
put his life where his mouth was,

他把生命都倾注在了废奴事业中
and took it into the South.

并把这项事业推动到南方