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One of the most interesting features of America’s youth is that the whole of its history belongs in the period since the invention of the printing press. The whole of its history is, therefore, recorded: indeed, it is safe to say that no other major nation has so comprehensive a record of its history as has the United States, for events such as those that are lost in the legendary past of Italy or France or England are part of the printed record of the United States.
美國的年輕性最有趣特征之一就是美國歷史是印刷發(fā)明以后的歷史，這正是美國歷史記載的全部。更確地說，與美國相比，沒有那個(gè)國家的歷史有如此廣泛的記載。因?yàn)槟切┰谝獯罄⒎▏蛴^去的傳說中湮沒的那些事件是美國歷史有文字記載歷史的一部分。