来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第4集 第4集》
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The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners在这种情况下 只有神童才能 -
and morals undepraved by such circumstances."保持自己的举止和道德不受玷污 -
so that's Jefferson, Notes on the State of virginia,这就是杰斐逊在《弗吉尼亚州笔记》中的阐释 -
in a really strong passage about the influence of slavery这篇文章以犀利的文风批判了 -
on the morals and manners of southerners.奴隶制对南方人道德和举止的影响 -
So clearly the South is based on the mastery,无论是从字面还是比喻意义上来讲 -
literally and figuratively, of a ruling elite.南方殖民地显然是由统治阶级做主的 -
And it's this spirit争取权利 -
of entitlement and independence and mastery获得独立和当家做主的欲望 -
that would inspire使南方人 -
some of the emotional response in the south在十八世纪六十年代到七十年代 -
to Britain's actions in the 1760s and 1770s,对英国人的举动做出了强烈回应