The truth is that he was wonderfully entertaining in society. He was a graet storyteller. He was an actor. And the producers were all friends of his.

事实是他在社会中非常有娱乐大众的气质,他是故事讲得很好，演戏也好,制片人也都是他的朋友。

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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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