Above all, he came from America's south; when born in 1928 the civil war and the (albeit deserved) destruction of southern pride was a living memory for some in his native Virginia.

最重要的是，他来自美国南方。在他1928年出生之际，南北战争以及南方的傲慢被摧毁(尽管理所当然)对其家乡弗吉尼亚的一些人来说仍然是鲜活的记忆。

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Asteroid strikes and nuclear war are, from memory, two of the examples he uses.

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