Good old Eli Whitney, it's his fault we had the cotton boom and slavery grew, and you get sort of Eli Whitney to the Civil War.

伊莱·惠特尼发明的轧棉机,促使了棉花产业兴盛和奴隶需求量猛增,可以说惠特尼在某种程度上导致了内战的爆发

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Go into Grove Street Cemetery some go visit his grave and say, "It's not your fault Eli."

走进韦街公墓,会有人到他的坟前悼念,说,"这不是你的错,伊莱"

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We have a philosophy that--most of us-- that some kind of economic inequality is a bad thing and that it's unjust for someone who is, for no fault of his or her own, suffering economic hardship.

我们一般认为，大部分人看来-,某些贫富差异是件坏事,对于那些本身并无过错，却深陷贫困泥沼的人来说是不公平的。

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