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From the moment of his death,
從他離世的那刻開始
the real Abraham Lincoln has been obscured behind the almost religious cult that still surrounds him.
那個真正的亞伯拉罕·林肯就被隱匿在 到如今也依然把他團團包圍的 像是某種宗教崇拜的狂熱背后
The tragic nature of that death and its timing at the very end of America's Civil War created a myth
這場死亡的悲慘性質 和起發生在美國南北戰爭結束的最后時刻 所創造的傳奇
which has placed Lincoln outside of history and almost beyond rational debate.
讓林肯可以超然與歷史 遠離所有合理的質疑
You have to remember he dies right at this perfect moment.
你不得不記住他是在一個絕妙的時刻離開人世
He's assassinated a few days after the surrender of Lee's army,
他的背刺一案發生在李將軍投降的僅僅幾天之后
after this horrifying bloodletting
在這場慘絕人寰的流血慘劇之后
from which now the Republic that is nearly destroyed can now survive.
讓幾乎完全要退出歷史舞臺的共和黨又重新煥發生機
I mean, you couldn't write a better script in some ways for the epic inside of us.
我覺得 在我們名族的史詩中 幾乎難以再編出比這更好的劇本了
Today, that epic story of Lincoln's life and death
如今 關于林肯生平傳奇和離世的史詩故事
stands at the heart of American culture.His image is everywhere.
屹立于美國文化的中心 到處都是他的形象
It's on the five dollar bill,it's on the coins that you carry in your pocket, there's billboards.
在五美元面值的紙幣上 在你兜里的硬幣上 還有那些廣告牌
My 18-month-old daughter has a little stuffed Abraham Lincoln
我18個月大的女兒都有一些亞伯拉罕·林肯模樣的玩偶
and she could say "Dadda" and "Momma" and not too much later she could say "Abe Lincoln".
而且當她學會叫 大大 和麻麻 后不久 她就學會了說亞伯·林肯
