来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第3集第3集》

and cannot be made so by human laws or human institutions.

更不能通过世俗的法律与制度获取平等
Our system, therefore, so far as regards this inferior race,

因此我们政府在对待这一劣等种族时
rests upon this great immutable law of nature."

必须以这一永恒的自然规律为基础"
You always have to get worried in history

当你了解那段历史中的人们在讨论
when people start talking about

某些人类或者人类行为是天性使然时
how human beings or human behavior is rooted in nature.

你会为此担忧
But how do we get to 1861

但事情怎么会演变到1861年那样
and that secession crisis

乃至之后的分离危机
with Alexander H. Stephens delivering this Cornerstone Speech,

亚历山大为何能在这篇演讲中
declaring that, "Hey folks,

宣称 "嘿伙计们
it's all about slavery and its preservation?"

今天我要讲的是奴隶制和对其保护"
How did we get there?

事情怎么会变成这样呢