来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第6集第6集》

with all the treasure of the earth,

哪怕他们拥有全世界的财富
could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River

也不能抢走俄亥俄河里的一杯水
or make a track on the Blue Ridge Mountains,

或者在蓝岭山上踏出一条小道
in a trial of 1000 years.

即使经过一千年也是一样
If destruction is to be our lot

如果毁灭就是我们的命运
we must ourselves be its author and its finisher.

也必须由我们自己开始自己终结
As a nation of free men

作为一个自由人的国度
we must live through all time

我们要么长久生存
or die by suicide."

要么自取灭亡"
He doesn't say what that problem

他没有直接提到
in the midst would be, directly,

将会遇到什么样的危机
but he's already implied it.

但他已经暗示了危机的到来