And by means I don't entirely understand, Uriah Parmelee, in the spring of 1861, was an Abolitionist.

我不是很明白,乌利亚·帕米利在1861年的春天,还是个废奴主义者

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We don't know what the force of the spring is.

我们不知道弹簧的力多大

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He goes on in a letter in spring 1862 the war still isn't a war against slavery in any official sense and he writes home to his brother saying he wishes he had the, quote, "Moral courage to desert," because he no longer wants to serve this cause.

在1862年春天的信中,从政治角度来说,那还不是真正意义上的反奴战争,他写信给他哥哥说,他希望有点"道德气节",因为他不想再为这理由继续下去

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