and maybe that would have been their breaking point.

那将可能成为他们的分水岭
Some, like the Quakers, may have been just trying

有些人如贵格会教徒只是想要
to remain neutral or pacifist,

保持中立或爱好和平
which, as you've just heard, could be a difficult thing to do.

就像你们刚才听到的这是很难做到的事情
And some, probably like this Curwen,

还有一些人也许就像柯温那样
might have just wanted to be aloof from the whole matter

只想置身事外
and--again--did not find that very easy to do.

他们也会发现这并非易事
After the war, Dr. Benjamin Rush--

战后本杰明·拉什博士...
who, as you'll hear in this little quote,

正如你们将听到的材料所述
was obviously supportive of colonial resistance--

他显然是殖民地抵抗的支持者...
explained that to him there had been four different kinds of

他曾解释说在革命中有四种不同类型的
Torys during the Revolution.

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