They were very suspicious of the democratic tendencies, or so it seemed, the democratic tendencies of that northern society which was spreading literacy more widely, and eventually the right to vote more widely, at least among white people.

他们也对民主倾向表示怀疑,事实就是如此,有着民主倾向的北方社会,文化教育的开展更为广泛,因而更广大人民有着投票权,至少大部分白人有投票权

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I guess you just try. I don't know. Like at the start, I was like a bit judgmental about, like, the American culture

我觉得你只要尽力就好。我不知道。就像一开始，我也对美国文化有些品头论足的倾向，

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