来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第10集第10集》

And then he ended with, "I am loathe to close.

他的结束语是 "我不愿就此结束
We are not enemies but friends.

我们不是敌人而是朋友
We must not be enemies.

我们不该反目成仇
Though passion may have strained,

即使激情不再
it must not break our bonds of affection.

也不能疏远我们的关系
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield

回忆的神秘之弦从每一片战场
and patriot grave to every living heart,

和爱国者之墓伸展到每一颗搏动的心房
will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched,

再次触抚琴弦便会奏响联邦之曲
as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature."

而他们会化身本性中更为美好的天使"
That was beautiful poetry and wishful thinking,

美丽的诗篇美好的期望
because in the wake of his inauguration

因为在他的就职之后
and eventually in the wake of Fort Sumter,

以及后来的炮轰萨姆特堡之后