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CHAPTER I
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A Revolutionary war raises many strange characters out of the obscurity which is the common lot of humble1 lives in an undisturbed state of society.
Certain individualities grow into fame through their vices2 and their virtues3, or simply by their actions, which may have a temporary importance; and then they become forgotten. The names of a few leaders alone survive the end of armed strife4 and are further preserved in history; so that, vanishing from men’s active memories, they still exist in books.
The name of General Santierra attained5 that cold, paper-and-ink immortality6. He was a South American of good family, and the books published in his lifetime numbered him amongst the liberators of that continent from the oppressive rule of Spain.
That long contest, waged for independence on one side and for dominion8 on the other, developed, in the course of years and the vicissitudes9 of changing fortune, the fierceness and inhumanity of a struggle for life. All feelings of pity and compassion10 disappeared in the growth of political hatred11. And, as is usual in war, the mass of the people, who had the least to gain by the issue, suffered most in their obscure persons and their humble fortunes.
General Santierra began his service as lieutenant12 in the
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humble
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| adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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| 缺陷( vice的名词复数 ); 恶习; 不道德行为; 台钳 | |
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| 美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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strife
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attained
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| (通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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immortality
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liberator
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| 解放者 | |
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dominion
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| n.统治,管辖,支配权;领土,版图 | |
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vicissitudes
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| n.变迁,世事变化;变迁兴衰( vicissitude的名词复数 );盛衰兴废 | |
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compassion
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lieutenant
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patriot
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conqueror
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perils
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| 极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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adversaries
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musket
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peculiar
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atrocity
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heroism
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unwillingness
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forth
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sergeant
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condemned
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butts
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| 笑柄( butt的名词复数 ); (武器或工具的)粗大的一端; 屁股; 烟蒂 | |
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tract
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quench
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| vt.熄灭,扑灭;压制 | |
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scraps
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| adj.焦干的;极渴的;v.(使)焦干 | |
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vigour
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obstinately
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| ad.固执地,顽固地 | |
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subversion
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| n.颠覆,破坏 | |
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patriots
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| 爱国者,爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 ) | |
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| 演说(discourse的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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eloquence
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| n.雄辩;口才,修辞 | |
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refreshing
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| adj.使精神振作的,使人清爽的,使人喜欢的 | |
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lamed
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| 希伯莱语第十二个字母 | |
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eloquent
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| adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的 | |
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pacify
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| vt.使(某人)平静(或息怒);抚慰 | |
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enjoyment
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| n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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boon
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| n.恩赐,恩物,恩惠 | |
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