There was the vague sense of the infinite as I looked down upon the yellow, dreaming waters of the Mississippi from the verdant bluffs of Natchez.

我有种模糊至极的感觉,当我在纳齐兹部落长满绿草的悬崖上，俯瞰密西西比河泛黄的河水,如梦如幻，“

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We usually only talk about Manifest Destiny when we're talking about the westward movement beyond the Mississippi.

当我们谈到跨越密西西比河的西进运动时,我们一般只认为这是命运天定

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So there is this story about his Uncle Hoskins who takes his horse and cart with Richard in the back and drives it into the middle of the Mississippi River as a kind of practical joke on Richard.

有个故事是关于他的叔叔Hoskins的,他让理查坐在他的马车后,却连人带车掉到密西西比河里,这被作为了一个理查的真实笑话。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选