It was probably the only major reform movement

这可能是唯一
that got a hold in the South.

影响到南方的主要改革
Personal reform of some sort was something

个人变革是
that that Southern society we looked at--

存在于南方社会中的
a slave society, a very hierarchical society--

一个奴隶社会一个高度阶级化的社会
certain kinds of personal reform that dealt with personal piety

关于个人敬虔和行为的某种个人改革
and behavior could take hold in the South;

可能扎根于南方
broader social reforms

而更广泛的社会改革
that would challenge the social order--not so much.

可能会挑战社会秩序--并不完全是
But listen to Emerson.

听听爱默生是怎么说的
In his essay called "Man the Reformer"--

他写了篇题为《人即改革者》的文章--
and think about our own times.

然后思考思考我们的时代