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》
-
from his study in Concord.那是在康科德求学的期间 -
He wasn't out thumping too many public platforms on this one,他并没有公开得宣传这段演讲 -
at least not yet.至少那时还没有 -
Emerson wrote into his journals in early 1847:1847年他将此段演讲写进日志中 -
"The United States will conquer Mexico," He said,"美国将会占领墨西哥" 他说到 -
"But it will be as though a man swallows arsenic,"但是那会像是吃下一剂毒药 -
which brings him down in turn. Mexico will poison us."不久美国就会衰败 墨西哥在毒害我们" -
It did.确实如此 -
By the end of 1846,the U.S.1846年末 美国 -
had established dominion over the southern half of California,宣称占领了加利福尼亚州的南部 -
which Mexico also claimed.而墨西哥也宣称此地的占有权 -
In 1847,the United States forces,在1847年 美国军队