To agitate him thus deeply, by a resistance he so abhorred, was cruel: to yield was out of the question.

用他所厌恶的拒绝把他煽动起来吧，那是残酷的；要让步呢，又不可能。

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The question of suffrage is one which is likely to agitate the public so long as a portion of the citizens of the nation are excluded from its privileges in any State.

选举权的问题受到公众的密切注意。在任何一州内，只要有部分公民被剥夺了选举极，就必定会使公众不满。

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