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1、GrantandLeeBruceCatton WhenUlyssesS.GrantandRobertE.LeemetintheparlorofamodesthouseatAppomattoxCourtHouse，Virginia，onApril9，1865，toworkoutthetermsforthesurrenderofLee'sArmyofNorthernVirginia，agreatchapterinAmericanlifecametoaclose，andagreatnewchapterbegan.   ThesemenwerebringingtheCivilWartoitsvi

2、rtualfinish.Tobesure，otherarmieshadyettosurrender，andforafewdaysthefugitiveConfederategovernmentwouldstruggledesperatelyandvainly，tryingtofindsomewaytogoonlivingnowthatitschiefsupportwasgone.ButineffectitwasalloverwhenGrantandLeesignedthepapers.Andthelittleroomwheretheywroteoutthetermswasthescene

3、ofoneofthepoignant（强烈的），dramaticcontrastsinAmericanhistory.   Theyweretwostrongmen，theseoddlydifferentgenerals，andtheyrepresentedthestrengthsoftwoconflictingcurrentsthat，throughthem(currents)，hadcomeintofinalcollision.   BackofRobertE.Leewasthenotionthattheoldaristocraticconceptmightsomehowsurviv

4、eandbedominantinAmericanlife.   LeewastidewaterVirginia，andinhisbackgroundwerefamily，culture，andtradition……theageofchivalrytransplantedtoaNewWorldwhichwasmakingitsownlegendsanditsownmyths.HeembodiedawayoflifethathadcomedownthroughtheageofknighthoodandtheEnglishcountrysquire（乡绅）。Americawasalandtha

5、twasbeginningalloveragain，dedicatedtonothingmuchmorecomplicatedthantheratherhazybeliefthatallmenhadequalrights，andshouldhaveanequalchanceintheworld.InsuchalandLeestoodforthefeelingthatitwassomehowofadvantagetohumansocietytohaveapronouncedinequalityinthesocialstructure.Thereshouldbealeisureclass，b

6、ackedbyownershipofland；inturn，societyitselfshouldbekeyedtothelandasthechiefsourceofwealthandinfluence.Itwouldbringforth（accordingtothisideal）aclassofmenwithastrongsenseofobligationtothecommunity；menwholivednottogainadvantageforthemselves，buttomeetthesolemnobligationswhichhadbeenlaidonthembythever

7、yfactthattheywereprivileged.Fromthemthecountrywouldgetitsleadership；tothemitcouldlookforthehighervalues——ofthought，ofconduct，ofpersonaldeportment——togiveitstrengthandvirtue.   Leeembodiedthenoblestelementsofthisaristoc