think with me for just a moment

大家不妨一起思考一下
what those Radical Republicans originally—

共和党激进派当初到底
almost none of whom are really in power anymore:

他们后来几乎都不再掌权
Thaddeus Stevens died in 1869;

泰迪尔斯·史蒂文斯死于1869年
Charles Sumner dies in 1874;

查尔斯·萨姆纳死于1874
Benjamin Wade is long gone, as a senator from Ohio

本杰明·韦德也早已不是代表俄亥俄的参议员
The old leadership of the Radicals is really no longer there by 1874,

到1874年激进派的原有领导都不在了
when the Democrats are going to throw the Republicans

这时民主党正打算把共和党
out of the leadership of the Congress anyway

排挤出国会的领导圈
But think with me for just a moment,

但大家不妨一起思考一下
back to what Foner called the Radicals' civic vision

回想一下福纳口中激进派的公民视域
That civic vision again was rooted in

而这一公民视域也是植根于