is the American imagination for this event still stimulated in part

美国人对该事件的想象力仍不断地被激发
because sometimes we just like lost causes?

因为我们喜欢明知不可为而为之的壮举吗
We are attracted to defeat sometimes more than

有时比起胜利
we are attracted to victory.

失败更能吸引我们
Loss in war is sometimes more interesting.

有时候人们对战争中失去的更感兴趣
Lost causes somehow represent the rebel spirit, a rebellious spirit,

明知不可为而为之的行为代表反叛精神
an insurrectionary spirit, an insurgent spirit.

一种起义的精神一种叛乱的精神
Some people may be attracted in that way.

有些人对此非常着迷
And maybe last but not least,

最后一点
and this list could go on and on,

这些观点不断会出现
there is I think an interest in the Civil War,

我认为关于内战有趣的一点是
among serious readers in particular

特别是对那些严谨的读者来说