Unity was difficult. Being somewhat isolated, the inhabitants of each region developed a distinctive economic and cultural character.

团结很困难，它有一点孤立，每一个地域的居民都发展起来,有了各自经济文化特点。

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But if there's one thing and this is a little risky because there are always holes in any claim like this but if there's one distinct feature of the Old South society and indeed its leadership and most of its people, it would be what we might label anti-modernism.

但有一点,具有一定的风险,因为任何论点中都会有漏洞,如果说旧南方社会,的领导层和大部分人民,都有一个显著的特点,那就是在我们看来,他们是反现代的

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