It was the peculiar nature of the Federal citizen-soldier-his civic-mindedness, his continued sense of connection with community and public morality-that made possible the 'directed severity.'

这是性质特殊的联邦公民士兵，他的公民意识，他始终意识到自己与社会和公共道德的联系，使得‘针对性苛酷’成为可能。

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We may seem as if we've lost the sense of public morality.

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