In the early months of the war, Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, did not even have guns enough for the men in his army.

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The dead are raising their objections here to guns that will be used very shortly in the Great War. God reassures them, though, of course, what he says here is not reassuring.

死者在这里提出了他们对枪声的反对,那不久就会被用于世界大战中，上帝让他们放心，当然尽管他在此所说的并不是宽慰之言。

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