N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 MiddleSchool 讨论区 】
发信人: NWWolf (西北の狼), 信区: MiddleSchool
标 题: Sullivan Ballou绝笔情书
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 7 03:53:56 2009, 美东)
在密版谈起Ken Burns为PBS拍的《The Civil War》，忽然想起片中提到
Sullivan Ballou少校的绝笔情书，不知版上各位童鞋熟悉否？一百五十年
过后，其文字感召力不减当年。
The final letter of Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers,
to his wife Sarah Shumway Ballou, written a week before he was killed
in the first battle of Bull Run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa2hv8U8cWU
The abridged version of the letter, as read in the TV series, is as
follows:
July 14,1861
Camp Clark, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sarah:
The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days—
perhaps tomorrow. And lest I should not be able to write you again
I feel impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye when
I am no more.
I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in
which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know
how American civilization now leans upon the triumph of the
government and how great a debt we owe to those who went before
us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing
—perfectly willing—to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain
this government, and to pay that debt.
Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me with mighty
cables that nothing but omnipotence can break; and yet my love of
Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly
with all those chains to the battlefield. The memory of all the blissful
moments I have enjoyed with you come crowding over me, and I feel
most deeply grateful to God and you, that I have enjoyed them for so
long. And how hard it is for me to give them up and burn to ashes the
hopes and future years, when, God willing, we might still have lived
and loved together, and see our boys grown up to honorable manhood
around us.
If I do not return, my dear Sarah, never forget how much I loved you,
nor that when my last breath escapes me on the battlefield, it will
whisper your name... Forgive my many faults, and the many pains I
have caused you. How thoughtless, how foolish I have sometimes been!
...
But, O Sarah, if the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen
around those they love, I shall always be with you, in the brightest day
and in the darkest night... always, always. And when the soft breeze
fans your cheek, it shall be my breath, or the cool air your throbbing
temple, it shall be my spirit passing by.
Sarah, do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait for me, for we
shall meet again... | N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 2 既然又提起Ken Burns的《The Civil War》，翻出三年前贴过的一个片段，
同各位旧雨新知共享。
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 MiddleSchool 讨论区 】
: 发信人: NWWolf (西北の狼), 信区: MiddleSchool
: 标 题: Sullivan Ballou绝笔情书
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 7 03:53:56 2009, 美东)
: 在密版谈起Ken Burns为PBS拍的《The Civil War》，忽然想起片中提到
: Sullivan Ballou少校的绝笔情书，不知版上各位童鞋熟悉否？一百五十年
: 过后，其文字感召力不减当年。
: The final letter of Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers,
: to his wife Sarah Shumway Ballou, written a week before he was killed
: in the first battle of Bull Run.
| s*******s
发帖数: 5087 | 3 英文版的与妻书。。。
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 MiddleSchool 讨论区 】
: 发信人: NWWolf (西北の狼), 信区: MiddleSchool
: 标 题: Sullivan Ballou绝笔情书
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 7 03:53:56 2009, 美东)
: 在密版谈起Ken Burns为PBS拍的《The Civil War》，忽然想起片中提到
: Sullivan Ballou少校的绝笔情书，不知版上各位童鞋熟悉否？一百五十年
: 过后，其文字感召力不减当年。
: The final letter of Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers,
: to his wife Sarah Shumway Ballou, written a week before he was killed
: in the first battle of Bull Run.
| S*******n
发帖数: 12762 | 4 nod
【在 s*******s 的大作中提到】
: 英文版的与妻书。。。
| c**o
发帖数: 3531 | 5 蛮感人的
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 既然又提起Ken Burns的《The Civil War》，翻出三年前贴过的一个片段，
: 同各位旧雨新知共享。
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 6 Sounds about right.
【在 s*******s 的大作中提到】
: 英文版的与妻书。。。
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 7 秋mm来拟一篇Sarah的回信？
南北战争年代，美国人（as a whole）绝对是全世界文化程度最高的
人群。
【在 c**o 的大作中提到】
: 蛮感人的
| c**o
发帖数: 3531 | 8 买嘎的，应英格历史？
胡挨木爱？Sarah?
狼兄你也太高看我了，我忽然对给你的法海造型打过两分略表不好意思~
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 秋mm来拟一篇Sarah的回信？
: 南北战争年代，美国人（as a whole）绝对是全世界文化程度最高的
: 人群。
| d********e
发帖数: 14625 | 9 touched
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 MiddleSchool 讨论区 】
: 发信人: NWWolf (西北の狼), 信区: MiddleSchool
: 标 题: Sullivan Ballou绝笔情书
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 7 03:53:56 2009, 美东)
: 在密版谈起Ken Burns为PBS拍的《The Civil War》，忽然想起片中提到
: Sullivan Ballou少校的绝笔情书，不知版上各位童鞋熟悉否？一百五十年
: 过后，其文字感召力不减当年。
: The final letter of Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers,
: to his wife Sarah Shumway Ballou, written a week before he was killed
: in the first battle of Bull Run.
| d********e
发帖数: 14625 | 10 good idea
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 秋mm来拟一篇Sarah的回信？
: 南北战争年代，美国人（as a whole）绝对是全世界文化程度最高的
: 人群。
| | | d********e
发帖数: 14625 | 11 赶紧回吧，Sarah，我还等着看信呢
【在 c**o 的大作中提到】
: 买嘎的，应英格历史？
: 胡挨木爱？Sarah?
: 狼兄你也太高看我了，我忽然对给你的法海造型打过两分略表不好意思~
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 MiddleSchool 讨论区 】
发信人: NWWolf (西北の狼), 信区: MiddleSchool
标 题: Sullivan Ballou绝笔情书
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 7 03:53:56 2009, 美东)
在密版谈起Ken Burns为PBS拍的《The Civil War》，忽然想起片中提到
Sullivan Ballou少校的绝笔情书，不知版上各位童鞋熟悉否？一百五十年
过后，其文字感召力不减当年。
The final letter of Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers,
to his wife Sarah Shumway Ballou, written a week before he was killed
in the first battle of Bull Run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa2hv8U8cWU
The abridged version of the letter, as read in the TV series, is as
follows:
July 14,1861
Camp Clark, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sarah:
The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days—
perhaps tomorrow. And lest I should not be able to write you again
I feel impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye when
I am no more.
I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in
which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know
how American civilization now leans upon the triumph of the
government and how great a debt we owe to those who went before
us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing
—perfectly willing—to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain
this government, and to pay that debt.
Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me with mighty
cables that nothing but omnipotence can break; and yet my love of
Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly
with all those chains to the battlefield. The memory of all the blissful
moments I have enjoyed with you come crowding over me, and I feel
most deeply grateful to God and you, that I have enjoyed them for so
long. And how hard it is for me to give them up and burn to ashes the
hopes and future years, when, God willing, we might still have lived
and loved together, and see our boys grown up to honorable manhood
around us.
If I do not return, my dear Sarah, never forget how much I loved you,
nor that when my last breath escapes me on the battlefield, it will
whisper your name... Forgive my many faults, and the many pains I
have caused you. How thoughtless, how foolish I have sometimes been!
...
But, O Sarah, if the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen
around those they love, I shall always be with you, in the brightest day
and in the darkest night... always, always. And when the soft breeze
fans your cheek, it shall be my breath, or the cool air your throbbing
temple, it shall be my spirit passing by.
Sarah, do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait for me, for we
shall meet again... | N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 13 既然又提起Ken Burns的《The Civil War》，翻出三年前贴过的一个片段，
同各位旧雨新知共享。
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 MiddleSchool 讨论区 】
: 发信人: NWWolf (西北の狼), 信区: MiddleSchool
: 标 题: Sullivan Ballou绝笔情书
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 7 03:53:56 2009, 美东)
: 在密版谈起Ken Burns为PBS拍的《The Civil War》，忽然想起片中提到
: Sullivan Ballou少校的绝笔情书，不知版上各位童鞋熟悉否？一百五十年
: 过后，其文字感召力不减当年。
: The final letter of Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers,
: to his wife Sarah Shumway Ballou, written a week before he was killed
: in the first battle of Bull Run.
| s*******s
发帖数: 5087 | 14 英文版的与妻书。。。
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 MiddleSchool 讨论区 】
: 发信人: NWWolf (西北の狼), 信区: MiddleSchool
: 标 题: Sullivan Ballou绝笔情书
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 7 03:53:56 2009, 美东)
: 在密版谈起Ken Burns为PBS拍的《The Civil War》，忽然想起片中提到
: Sullivan Ballou少校的绝笔情书，不知版上各位童鞋熟悉否？一百五十年
: 过后，其文字感召力不减当年。
: The final letter of Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers,
: to his wife Sarah Shumway Ballou, written a week before he was killed
: in the first battle of Bull Run.
| S*******n
发帖数: 12762 | 15 nod
【在 s*******s 的大作中提到】
: 英文版的与妻书。。。
| c**o
发帖数: 3531 | 16 蛮感人的
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 既然又提起Ken Burns的《The Civil War》，翻出三年前贴过的一个片段，
: 同各位旧雨新知共享。
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 17 Sounds about right.
【在 s*******s 的大作中提到】
: 英文版的与妻书。。。
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 18 秋mm来拟一篇Sarah的回信？
南北战争年代，美国人（as a whole）绝对是全世界文化程度最高的
人群。
【在 c**o 的大作中提到】
: 蛮感人的
| c**o
发帖数: 3531 | 19 买嘎的，应英格历史？
胡挨木爱？Sarah?
狼兄你也太高看我了，我忽然对给你的法海造型打过两分略表不好意思~
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 秋mm来拟一篇Sarah的回信？
: 南北战争年代，美国人（as a whole）绝对是全世界文化程度最高的
: 人群。
| d********e
发帖数: 14625 | 20 touched
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 MiddleSchool 讨论区 】
: 发信人: NWWolf (西北の狼), 信区: MiddleSchool
: 标 题: Sullivan Ballou绝笔情书
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 7 03:53:56 2009, 美东)
: 在密版谈起Ken Burns为PBS拍的《The Civil War》，忽然想起片中提到
: Sullivan Ballou少校的绝笔情书，不知版上各位童鞋熟悉否？一百五十年
: 过后，其文字感召力不减当年。
: The final letter of Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers,
: to his wife Sarah Shumway Ballou, written a week before he was killed
: in the first battle of Bull Run.
| | | d********e
发帖数: 14625 | 21 good idea
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 秋mm来拟一篇Sarah的回信？
: 南北战争年代，美国人（as a whole）绝对是全世界文化程度最高的
: 人群。
| d********e
发帖数: 14625 | 22 赶紧回吧，Sarah，我还等着看信呢
【在 c**o 的大作中提到】
: 买嘎的，应英格历史？
: 胡挨木爱？Sarah?
: 狼兄你也太高看我了，我忽然对给你的法海造型打过两分略表不好意思~
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 23 哈哈，秋mm这两刷子英文莫非是跟西天王贝吉塔贝总学的？
【在 c**o 的大作中提到】
: 买嘎的，应英格历史？
: 胡挨木爱？Sarah?
: 狼兄你也太高看我了，我忽然对给你的法海造型打过两分略表不好意思~
| c**o
发帖数: 3531 | 24 不熟。。。
好像是从那天跟你们太师傅切磋来的灵感
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 哈哈，秋mm这两刷子英文莫非是跟西天王贝吉塔贝总学的？
| c**o
发帖数: 3531 | 25 hummmmm.....
你给翻译么？
【在 d********e 的大作中提到】
: 赶紧回吧，Sarah，我还等着看信呢
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