And like Americans of our day, Romans of the Republic considered their civic system to be a work of genius and utterly exceptional.
并且，正如今天的美国人一样，当时的罗马人认为他们的民事系统是天才和完全例外的成果。
It was a strange moment even for some who participated; elections had traditionally been a kind of civic gathering, on one day.
即使对一些参与者来说，那也是一个不可思议的时刻；传统上的选举是公民在某天聚在一起做的事情。
The reality, he said, is that “we are civic-minded citizens who are taking the better part of the day and who have been through an Election Day training course.”
事实是，他说，“我们中的绝大多数都是有公德心的公民，我们都接受了有关投票日的培训课程。”
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