来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第5集 第5集》
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To be an abolitionist in the 1830s在十九世纪三十年代做一个废奴主义者 -
was to take on an issue like this and say,就像是给自己这样一个任务 然后说 -
"Well, you know, maybe not in our lifetime"也许我们的有生之年不一定解决得了 -
but maybe sometime."但总有一天我们会胜利的" -
It doesn't mean they were altruistic,这不是说他们是利他主义者 -
I'm not sure there were any altruistic abolitionists.我不确定是不是真有那样的废奴主义者 -
As you'll see when you read about你能在布鲁斯·利维恩的书中读到他们 -
them in Bruce Levine's book or any other way we look at them,或者不管你用什么方式了解他们 -
they could be as egotistical and as vane他们就是一群自我中心的墙头草 -
and as conflicted in their tactics他们的策略 方法 和人格 -
and their methods and their personalities as anybody.和所有人一样充满矛盾 -
Certainly William Lloyd Garrison当然威廉·劳埃德·加里森