The Duel

Alexander Hamilton was born in 1757 on the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis.

亚历山大·汉密尔顿 (Alexander Hamilton) 1757 年出生于加勒比海小岛尼维斯。

He was the illegitimate son of a shiftless Scotsman and a Frenchwoman with a questionable reputation.

他是一个无能的苏格兰人和一个名声可疑的法国女人的私生子。

THOMAS FLEMING, AUTHOR: Hamilton’s mother was a very tempestuous woman.

托马斯·弗莱明，作家：汉密尔顿的母亲是一位非常暴躁的女人。

She threw two husbands out of her bed, at one point she was arrested by her first husband and thrown in jail for, as he put it, whoring with everyone, that was the charges that he made out.

她把两个丈夫从床上扔了下去，有一次她被第一任丈夫逮捕并投入监狱，正如他所说，她与所有人嫖娼，这就是他提出的指控。

NARR: When Hamilton was ten, his father abandoned the family.

纳尔：汉密尔顿十岁时，他的父亲抛弃了家庭。

Four years later, his mother died.

四年后，他的母亲去世了。

Left to fend for himself, he was forced to make a living in an economy based on slavery, which he believed was evil.

他只能自谋生路，被迫在以奴隶制为基础的经济中谋生，他认为奴隶制是邪恶的。

By the time he was a young man, Alexander Hamilton had formed a dark view of human nature.

亚历山大·汉密尔顿年轻时就对人性形成了阴暗的看法。

And yet for all of the misfortune of his childhood, Hamilton had one advantage: he was a genius.

然而，尽管汉密尔顿童年经历了种种不幸，但他有一个优势：他是一位天才。

By the age of 15, his remarkable command of mathematics and finance enabled him to rise to head clerk of a shipping company.

15岁时，他对数学和金融的出色掌握使他成为一家航运公司的主管职员。

But his brilliance also made him restless and eager for a chance to seek his fame and fortune.

但他的才华也让他焦躁不安，渴望有机会寻求名利。

To a friend Hamilton wrote .

汉密尔顿写信给朋友。

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HAMILTON: To confess my weakness, Ned, my ambition is prevalent, so that I loathe the groveling condition of a clerk, to which my fortune condemns me.

汉密尔顿：承认我的弱点，内德，我的野心很大，所以我讨厌职员的卑躬屈膝的处境，这是我的命运所注定的。

I may be justly said to build castles in the air.

可以说我是在建造空中楼阁。

But I would willingly risk my life to exalt my station.

但我愿意冒着生命危险来提升我的地位。

Hamilton’s first stroke of good fortune came in 1773, when two wealthy patrons sent him to college in America.

汉密尔顿的第一次好运出现在 1773 年，当时两位富有的赞助人送他去美国上大学。

His next came three years later when he joined the Continental Army during the revolutionary war.

三年后，他在革命战争期间加入了大陆军。

His obvious intelligence and relentless energy brought him to the attention of General George Washignton.

他明显的智慧和不懈的精力引起了乔治华盛顿将军的注意。

Lieutenant Hamilton became one of his top aids.

汉密尔顿中尉成为他的高级助手之一。

At Valley Forge, Hamilton saw his fellow soldiers battle cold, hunger and disease.

在福吉谷，汉密尔顿看到他的战友与寒冷、饥饿和疾病作斗争。

In his eyes, the conditions were the fault of the Continental Congress — a weak, ineffective body whose members were doing a very bad job of running the government.

在他看来，这种情况是大陆会议的错——一个软弱无能的机构，其成员在管理政府方面做得非常糟糕。

NARR: The dreadful condition of the army enraged Hamilton.

纳尔：军队的可怕状况激怒了汉密尔顿。

Just 21 years old, he began publicly attacking the Continental Congress.

年仅21岁，他就开始公开攻击大陆会议。

THOMAS FLEMING: Diplomatic he was not.

托马斯·弗莱明：他并不善于外交。

A lot of people called him the little lion because of his combative streak.

由于他的好斗性格，很多人都称他为“小狮子”。

He had this big head, and he looked like he would love a fight.

他的头很大，看起来就像是喜欢打架的人。

NARR: His anger spurred Hamilton to do what he did best: think.

纳尔：他的愤怒促使汉密尔顿去做他最擅长的事情：思考。

Ideas poured into his mind about how to create a better system of government — one modeled after his own strong, efficient personality.

关于如何创建一个更好的政府体系的想法涌入他的脑海——一个以他自己坚强、高效的个性为蓝本的体系。

But the grim time spent at Valley Forge also took its toll on Hamilton, turning his view of human beings even darker.

但在福吉谷度过的严峻时光也对汉密尔顿造成了影响，使他对人类的看法变得更加阴暗。

My friend, you cannot conceive in how dreadful a situation we are.

我的朋友，你无法想象我们的处境有多么可怕。

I hate Congress and I hate the army and I hate the world and I hate myself.

我讨厌国会，我讨厌军队，我讨厌这个世界，我讨厌我自己。

Unlike Hamilton, Aaron Burr was born into one of the most prestigious families in America.

与汉密尔顿不同，亚伦·伯尔出生于美国最有声望的家庭之一。

His father, Reverend Aaron Burr, Senior, was the second president of Princeton University.

他的父亲阿伦·伯尔牧师（Reverend Aaron Burr, Senior）是普林斯顿大学的第二任校长。

His grandfather, Reverend JOnathan Edwards, was admired throughout New England for his ability to rain hellfire and brimstone down upon his congregations.

他的祖父乔纳森·爱德华兹牧师因其向会众倾泻地狱之火和硫磺的能力而受到整个新英格兰的钦佩。

EDWARDS: The God that holds you over the pit of hell abhors you and is dreadfully provoked.

爱德华兹：将你置于地狱深渊之上的上帝憎恶你，并且被极大地激怒了。

But as he grew older, Aaron Burr rebelled against his strict upbringing.

但随着年龄的增长，亚伦·伯尔开始反抗他严格的教养。

JOANNE FREEMAN, HISTORIAN: You get the sense with Burr that his background is shaping him because he's reacting against it.

乔安妮·弗里曼，历史学家：伯尔让你感觉到他的背景正在塑造他，因为他对此做出了反应。

And part of the looming force that hovers over his life is religion.

盘旋在他生活中的部分迫在眉睫的力量就是宗教。

Because his family's just immersed in it.

因为他的家人正沉浸在其中。

They're all reverends.

他们都是牧师。

And he clearly shows no interest in that at all.

他显然对此完全不感兴趣。

NARR: While attending Princeton, Burr’s primary interest was in visiting the local taverns and meeting young women.

纳尔：在普林斯顿大学就读时，伯尔的主要兴趣是参观当地的小酒馆并结识年轻女性。

He described one such evening.

他描述了这样一个晚上。

BURR: They were drinking Cherry Rum when I entered the room, and I easily perceived that both the Males and the Females had had enough to keep them in high Spirits.

伯尔：当我进入房间时，他们正在喝樱桃朗姆酒，我很容易看出男性和女性都已经喝够了，让他们精神抖擞。

The females looked too immensely good-natured to say no to anything.

雌性看起来脾气太好了，不会拒绝任何事情。

When several women claimed to be pregnant after passionate encounters with Burr, he quipped .

当几位女性在与伯尔热恋后声称怀孕时，他打趣道。

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When a woman does me the honor to name me the father of her child, I shall always be too gallant to decline the honor.

当一个女人向我荣幸地任命我为她孩子的父亲时，我将永远非常勇敢地拒绝这项荣誉。

Charm is the leading edge of Aaron Burr’s character.

魅力是亚伦·伯尔角色的前沿。

He was also immensely attractive to women, and attracted to them, his intrigues as one of his friends said were innumerable.

他对女性也极具吸引力，并且被她们所吸引，正如他的一位朋友所说，他的阴谋数不胜数。

In fact, the friend said that it almost, troubled him, that it didn’t jibe all these innumerable intrigues, with a man who had such an elevated mind.

事实上，这位朋友说，这几乎让他感到困扰，因为这与一个心胸如此高尚的人的无数阴谋并不相符。

NARR: When the Revolutionary War began, the charismatic Burr immediately enlisted.

纳尔：独立战争开始后，富有魅力的伯尔立即应征入伍。

Lieutenant Burr’s charm and intelligence made him a highly effective leader.

伯尔中尉​​的魅力和智慧使他成为一名高效的领导者。

His bravery made him one of the heroes of the battle of Quebec.

他的勇敢使他成为魁北克战役的英雄之一。

Many who met him remarked that he had the air of a man who would go far.

许多见过他的人都说他有一种能走得很远的人的气质。

NARR: After the war, both Burr and Hamilton moved to New York City and became lawyers.

纳尔：战后，伯尔和汉密尔顿都搬到了纽约市并成为了律师。

They worked on many of the same cases, socialized with many of the same people and were both very interested in politics.

他们处理了许多相同的案件，与许多相同的人交往，并且都对政治非常感兴趣。

Yet for all their similarities, they had completely different goals.

然而，尽管他们有相似之处，但他们的目标却完全不同。

Aaron Burr wanted to become rich and powerful.

亚伦·伯尔想变得富有和强大。

For those who criticized this self-centered approach, he had a ready reply.

对于那些批评这种以自我为中心的做法的人，他已经有了现成的答复。

Great souls have little use for small morals.

伟大的灵魂对于渺小的道德没有多大用处。

Above all, Aaron Burr loved a good time.

最重要的是，亚伦·伯尔（Aaron Burr）很享受美好时光。

He regularly roamed the woods of New York on vigorous, one-man hunting expeditions.

他经常在纽约的树林里漫步，进行充满活力的单人狩猎探险。

At home, an elegant evening with friends was often waiting.

在家里，与朋友一起度过一个优雅的夜晚常常等待着。

ARNOLD ROGOW, AUTHOR: If I were attending a dinner party with Aaron Burr, I would expect to be entertained by Burr, I would expect to find him charming, scintillating, witty, to tell all sorts of anecdotes and jokes, to serve at his home the best of wines, possibly music as well.

阿诺德·罗戈，作家：如果我和亚伦·伯尔一起参加晚宴，我会期望伯尔会招待我，我会发现他迷人、聪明、机智，会讲各种轶事和笑话，在他家里提供最好的葡萄酒，可能还有音乐。

I would expect to have a very good time.

我希望能度过一段美好的时光。

NARR: The one cause that Burr championed was a most unusual one for the day: the rights of women.

纳尔：伯尔所倡导的一项事业是当今最不寻常的一项：妇女权利。

His interest was kindled by his own highly intelligent wife.

他的兴趣是由他自己高智商的妻子点燃的。

Burr confided to her .

伯尔向她吐露心声。

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It was a knowledge of your mind which first inspired me with a respect for those of your sex.

正是对你们思想的了解首先激发了我对你们性别的尊重。

Burr made certain that his own daughter, Theodosia, was given all the advantages of any man.

伯尔确信他自己的女儿狄奥多西娅拥有任何男人的所有优势。

I yet hope, by her, to convince the world what neither sex appears to believe: that women have souls!

我仍然希望通过她，让世界相信任何性别似乎都不相信的事情：女人有灵魂！

He clearly enjoyed being with women, he was clearly very good at both listening to them, and treating them as though they were actually intelligent beings.

他显然很喜欢和女人在一起，他显然非常善于倾听她们的声音，并像对待真正聪明的人一样对待她们。

And thus he really formed a lot of meaningful relationships with a number of different women.

因此，他确实与许多不同的女性建立了很多有意义的关系。

He also really clearly just loved life.

他也确实热爱生活。

He loved adventure, he just clearly enjoyed himself.

他热爱冒险，显然他很享受。

NARR: Alexander Hamilton’s goal in life was a lofty one: to make his vision of America a reality.

纳尔：亚历山大·汉密尔顿的人生目标是一个崇高的目标：使他对美国的愿景成为现实。

He worked toward it with a relentless, single-minded passion.

他以不懈、专一的热情朝着这个目标努力。

Those who sided with him became friends for life.

那些支持他的人成为了终生的朋友。

Those who opposed him became mortal enemies.

那些反对他的人成了死敌。

With Hamilton, there was no middle ground.

对于汉密尔顿来说，没有中间立场。

THOMAS FLEMING: Hamilton was a marvelous combination of a lot of personal charm when he wanted to turn it on, but also this combative streak which he could also turn on and become, a really ferocious antagonist.

托马斯·弗莱明：汉密尔顿是一个奇妙的组合，当他想要打开它时，他有很多个人魅力，而且他也可以打开他的好斗性格，成为一个真正凶猛的对手。

His tendency was to judge people rather harshly, and then act on it.

他倾向于对人做出相当严厉的判断，然后采取行动。

ARNOLD ROGOW: He was a flawed giant and I emphasize both of those words, because he was unquestionably one of the most brilliant men of his time, and a genius.

阿诺德·罗戈：他是一个有缺陷的巨人，我强调这两个词，因为他无疑是他那个时代最聪明的人之一，也是一个天才。

He had enormous capacity for hard work.

他有巨大的努力工作能力。

But he was severely flawed as a person, as a human being.

但作为一个人，作为一个人，他有严重的缺陷。

NARR: In a letter to his fiancée, Betsy Schuyler, Hamilton admitted that life had taught him to distrust people.

纳尔：汉密尔顿在给未婚妻贝特西·斯凯勒的信中承认，生活教会了他不信任别人。

HAMILTON: I am restrained by the experience I have had of human nature.

汉密尔顿：我对人性的体验限制了我。

Some of your sex possess every requisite to delight and inspire friendship, but there are too few of this description.

你们中的一些性别拥有取悦和激发友谊的一切必要条件，但这样的人太少了。

Do not however suppose that I entertain an ill opinion of your sex.

不过，请不要以为我对你的性别抱有不好的看法。

I have a much worse one of my own.

我自己的情况更糟。

It was Hamilton’s belief in the selfishness and greed of mankind that would lead to his greatest accomplishments.

汉密尔顿对人类自私和贪婪的信念导致了他最伟大的成就。

To prevent any one person from seizing power, he advocated a government with checks and balances.

为了防止任何人夺取权力，他主张建立一个制衡的政府。

And he conceived of an economy regulated by the government but still free enough to allow citizens to become rich.

他设想了一种由政府监管但仍然足够自由以允许公民致富的经济。

It would become the American capitalist system.

这将成为美国的资本主义制度。

In 1787 Hamilton's ideas were embodied in the American Constitution, and Hamilton began putting them into action as the first secretary of the treasury.

1787年，汉密尔顿的思想被写入美国宪法，汉密尔顿作为第一任财政部长开始将其付诸实践。

Yet even after the Constitution was ratified, America remained a work in progress.

然而，即使在宪法获得批准之后，美国仍然是一项正在进行中的工作。

There were still intense disagreements among the founding fathers about what kind of country they should shape.

关于他们应该建设什么样的国家，开国元勋们之间仍然存在着激烈的分歧。

And since there were as yet no powerful political parties, each disagreement had the potential to become a personal battle between two strong-willed, ambitious men — men like Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

由于当时还没有强大的政党，每一次分歧都有可能成为两个意志坚定、雄心勃勃的人之间的个人斗争——像亚历山大·汉密尔顿和亚伦·伯尔这样的人。

JOANNE FREEMAN: It’s really important to understand the politics of this period, to remember the fact that you don’t have institutionalized national political parties at this time, and without parties, without team rules of fighting, politics ends up being very personal, based on character and reputation, and premised largely on the rules of honor, the code of honor.

乔安妮·弗里曼：了解这一时期的政治非常重要，要记住这样一个事实，即此时还没有制度化的国家政党，没有政党，没有团队战斗规则，政治最终会变得非常个人化，基于品格和声誉，并在很大程度上以荣誉规则和荣誉准则为前提。

It’s very, very personal and thus very volatile.

这是非常非常个人化的，因此非常不稳定。

The personal and the political are mixed in with each other in a really interesting and ultimately dangerous kind of a way.

个人和政治以一种非常有趣但最终危险的方式相互混合。

NARR: Hamilton and Burr clashed for the first time in a battle over a seat in the Senate.

纳尔：汉密尔顿和伯尔在参议院席位之争中首次发生冲突。

As secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was locked in a high stakes battle with senators who opposed his vision for the economy.

作为财政部长，汉密尔顿与反对他的经济愿景的参议员陷入了一场高风险的斗争。

To win his battle, Hamilton needed allies — and he was desperate for New York to elect his father-in-law to the U.S. Senate.

为了赢得这场战斗，汉密尔顿需要盟友——他迫切希望纽约能够选举他的岳父进入美国参议院。

Then Aaron Burr entered the race.

然后亚伦·伯尔参加了比赛。

NARR: Burr was a genius at political strategy.

纳尔：伯尔是政治策略方面的天才。

While Hamilton was re-inventing government, he was re-inventing politics: he avoided controversial issues, used his personal charisma to charm voters, and raised large sums of money from businessmen wanting favors.

在汉密尔顿重塑政府的同时，他也在重塑政治：他回避有争议的问题，利用个人魅力来吸引选民，并从想要好处的商人那里筹集到大笔资金。

For Burr, politics was another way to acquire the good things in life.

对于伯尔来说，政治是获得生活中美好事物的另一种方式。

THOMAS FLEMING: He liked good food, he liked beautiful women, and he liked political combat.

托马斯·弗莱明：他喜欢美食，他喜欢漂亮的女人，他喜欢政治斗争。

He said that politics was a great game for fun, honor, and profit.

他说政治是一场为了乐趣、荣誉和利润的伟大游戏。

NARR: In the race for the Senate, Burr used his many political skills to secure the support of Hamilton’s enemies.

纳尔：在参议员竞选中，伯尔利用他的多种政治技巧来获得汉密尔顿敌人的支持。

When the votes were counted, Aaron Burr, not Hamilton’s father-in-law, became the new senator from New York.

当计票时，亚伦·伯尔（Aaron Burr），而不是汉密尔顿的岳父，成为了来自纽约的新参议员。

Furious with Burr, Hamilton sent letters to a number of senators, attacking a man he considered nothing more than an opportunist.

汉密尔顿对伯尔感到愤怒，他给一些参议员写了信，攻击了一个他认为只不过是机会主义者的人。

HAMILTON: I fear Mr. Burr is unprincipled, both as a public and a private man.

汉密尔顿：我担心伯尔先生无论是作为公众还是私底下都是没有原则的。

In fact, I take it he is for or against nothing but as it suits his interest and ambition.

事实上，我认为他没有什么支持或反对的意思，只是因为这符合他的兴趣和野心。

Hamilton’s words were especially harsh because he was convinced that allowing a man like Burr, with so many political skills and so few principles, to rise to power would be extremely dangerous.

汉密尔顿的言辞尤其严厉，因为他坚信，让像伯尔这样拥有如此多政治技巧和如此少原则的人掌权将是极其危险的。

JOANNE FREEMAN: This is the core of what really makes Hamilton so crazed, so really frantically panicked at the idea of Burr in office.

乔安妮·弗里曼：这就是汉密尔顿对伯尔上任的想法如此疯狂、如此恐慌的核心原因。

It’s that Burr is as ambitious as Hamilton is, but there's no restraint.

而是伯尔和汉密尔顿一样雄心勃勃，但没有克制。

He doesn't appear to be thinking about anything other than what does this opportunity hold?

他似乎除了这个机会意味着什么之外什么都没有考虑？

So there’s nothing holding him back.

所以没有什么可以阻止他。

NARR: Hamilton continued his attacks when Burr became a candidate for vice president, after just two years in the senate.

纳尔：当伯尔在参议院任职两年后成为副总统候选人时，汉密尔顿继续他的攻击。

Hamilton’s written attacks on Burr’s character were part of a concerted effort to destroy Burr’s career.

汉密尔顿对伯尔性格的书面攻击是摧毁伯尔职业生涯的共同努力的一部分。

Such one on one battles were typical of the bitterly personal nature of early American politics.

这种一对一的斗争是美国早期政治中典型的个人主义本质。

The fighting was so nasty that politicians even published pamphlets and newspapers filled with allegations about the corruption and sexual misconduct of their enemies.

战斗是如此残酷，以至于政客们甚至出版了小册子和报纸，其中充满了对敌人腐败和性行为不端的指控。

THOMAS FLEMING: The founding fathers thought that character would rise above politics, it would be above faction, it would be the crucial reason why a man was asked to hold a political office.

托马斯·弗莱明：开国元勋们认为品格将超越政治、超越派系，这将是一个人被要求担任政治职务的关键原因。

And, unfortunately, as, political parties developed, character took on another context: it became a reason to keep a man out of office, by finding flaws in his character.

不幸的是，随着政党的发展，性格呈现出另一种背景：通过发现一个人性格中的缺陷，它成为让一个人下台的理由。

NARR: Hamilton not only fired off such attacks, he was a target of them.

纳尔：汉密尔顿不仅发动了此类攻击，而且他自己也是攻击的目标。

THOMAS FLEMING: So they accused Hamilton for instance, of stealing money from the government, they accused him of being a would-be Caesar, or a monarchist, that was the really smear word of the era.

托马斯·弗莱明：例如，他们指责汉密尔顿从政府偷钱，他们指责他是潜在的凯撒或君主主义者，这才是那个时代真正的诽谤词。

NARR: When a politician was targeted by such attacks, his political survival depended on mounting an effective counterattack.

纳尔：当政客成为此类攻击的目标时，他的政治生存取决于发动有效的反击。

JOANNE FREEMAN: In essence, there were a number of different political tools.

乔安妮·弗里曼：本质上，有许多不同的政治工具。

And if your character was attacked, you would select among these different tools; the right audience, the right tone, the right amount of proof that was necessary for you to counteract whatever damage you were afraid was being done.

如果你的角色受到攻击，你会在这些不同的工具中进行选择；正确的听众、正确的语气、正确数量的证据，这些都是你抵消你担心正在造成的任何损害所必需的。

So you might write for the newspapers, a certain audience.

所以你可能会为报纸、特定的读者写作。

You might write a pamphlet, a different audience.

你可能会写一本小册子，面向不同的受众。

You might cane someone in the street, a very different audience.

你可能会在街上殴打某人，而他们的受众却截然不同。

You might undertake some sort of a gossip campaign.

你可能会开展某种八卦活动。

Or the ultimate end of the spectrum, you might end up fighting a duel.

或者最终，你可能会进行一场决斗。

NARR: To respond to the frenzy of character assassination, American politicians began turning to the political duel.

纳尔：为了应对人格诽谤的狂热，美国政客开始转向政治决斗。

Many of the great men of the day had their own set of dueling pistols custom made.

当时的许多伟人都有自己定制的一套决斗手枪。

These "affairs of honor" had far more to do with playing politics than with actually shooting anyone.

这些“荣誉事件”更多的是与玩弄政治有关，而不是实际射杀任何人。

JOANNE FREEMAN: You were not necessarily counting on the fact that you were actually gonna end up with a gun in your hand shooting at someone.

乔安妮·弗里曼：你不一定指望你最终会手里拿着枪向某人射击。

You were counting on the fact that you were gonna have a chance to prove that you were willing to die to defend your character!

你指望着你将有机会证明你愿意用死来捍卫你的品格！

So the code of honor really is being manipulated as a political tool among national politicians in this period, to a really extraordinary degree.

因此，在这一时期，荣誉准则确实被国家政治家当作政治工具来操纵，达到了非常非同寻常的程度。

NARR: The more combative a politician, the more likely he was to be involved in duels.

纳尔：政治家越好斗，他就越有可能卷入决斗。

And no one was as combative as Alexander Hamilton.

没有人像亚历山大·汉密尔顿那样好斗。

He was involved in eleven affairs of honor.

他参与了十一次荣誉事务。

One of his early duels was a window into the world of sex, politics and dueling among America’s founding fathers.

他早期的一场决斗是一扇了解美国开国元勋之间的性、政治和决斗世界的窗口。

The duel was triggered by an adulterous affair of Hamilton’s.

这场决斗是由汉密尔顿的通奸事件引发的。

Hamilton himself described what happened the first time he went to visit a young woman named Mariah Reynolds..

汉密尔顿本人描述了他第一次去拜访一位名叫玛丽亚·雷诺兹的年轻女子时发生的事情。

HAMILTON : I inquired for Mrs. Reynolds and was shown upstairs.

汉密尔顿：我打听雷诺兹夫人的情况，结果被带到了楼上。

At the head of the stairs she met me and conducted me into the bedroom.

她在楼梯口遇见了我，并带我走进卧室。

After this I had frequent meetings with her.

此后我和她经常见面。

When Mrs. Reynolds husband, James, learned that Hamilton was sleeping with his wife, he blackmailed Hamilton.

当雷诺夫人的丈夫詹姆斯得知汉密尔顿与他的妻子睡觉时，他敲诈了汉密尔顿。

Hamilton paid a huge sum of money to buy his silence - and more visits to his wife.

汉密尔顿花了一大笔钱来换取他的沉默，并更多地拜访他的妻子。

But then James Reynolds was arrested for using Hamilton’s money in a shady business deal.

但随后詹姆斯·雷诺兹因使用汉密尔顿的资金进行不正当的商业交易而被捕。

To prove he wasn’t involved in the shady dealing, Hamilton was forced to publish his own account of the affair.

为了证明自己没有参与这起不正当交易，汉密尔顿被迫发表了自己对这起事件的描述。

The charge against me is a connection with one James Reynolds for purposes of improper monetary speculation.

对我的指控是与詹姆斯·雷诺兹（James Reynolds）有联系，进行不当的货币投机活动。

My real crime is an amorous connection with his wife.

我真正的罪行是与他妻子的情爱关系。

This confession is not made without a blush.

这种坦白并非没有脸红。

He basically argues that, yes he's an adulterer.

他基本上认为，是的，他是一个通奸者。

But that's what he's done as a private man.

但这就是他作为一个私人人所做的事情。

As a public man in office he's never been dishonest and he's trustworthy.

作为一名在职的公众人物，他从来没有不诚实，而且值得信赖。

So what he's done should have no bearing on his public career because in public office he's fine.

因此，他所做的事情不应该影响他的公共事业，因为在公职上他表现得很好。

Whatever he does outside of office, well, may be unfortunate, but it has no impact on you, and you can continue trusting me as a public servant.

无论他在办公室之外做什么，嗯，可能是不幸的，但这对你没有影响，你可以继续信任我这个公务员。

NARR: But in the1790’s, that argument was not enough to save Hamilton’s reputation.

纳尔：但在 20 世纪 90 年代，这一论点不足以挽救汉密尔顿的声誉。

To restore his honor, Hamilton challenged a man who had attacked his character — Virginia Senator James Monroe — to a duel.

为了恢复自己的荣誉，汉密尔顿向一位攻击过他人格的人——弗吉尼亚州参议员詹姆斯·门罗——发起了决斗。

JOANNE FREEMAN: A duel was really a sort of game of dare or counter dare.

乔安妮·弗里曼：决斗实际上是一种敢打敢拼的游戏。

It really was a case in which one man would step forward and say I'm willing to die to defend my name and the other man would have to step forward and say, I will meet you.

这确实是这样一种情况，一个人站出来说，我愿意为捍卫自己的名誉而死，而另一个人则必须站出来说，我会见到你。

And that, as a matter of fact, that was a phrase that they would use.

事实上，这是他们会使用的一个短语。

Ritualistic phrase.

礼仪用语。

I will meet you as a gentleman.

我将以绅士的身份与你见面。

NARR: For Hamilton, the goal was to make a dramatic public statement in defense of his honor, not to shoot Monroe.

纳尔：对于汉密尔顿来说，目标是发表戏剧性的公开声明来捍卫他的荣誉，而不是射杀门罗。

In fact, once tempers cooled, the vast majority of affairs of honor were resolved before ever reaching the dueling ground.

事实上，一旦脾气冷静下来，绝大多数荣誉问题在到达决斗场之前就已经解决了。

Such was the case with Hamilton and Monroe.

汉密尔顿和门罗的情况就是如此。

But while this duel of Hamilton’s turned out to be for show, there was another on the horizon, with a man far more determined to fight.

然而，虽然汉密尔顿的这场决斗最终只是作秀，但另一场决斗即将到来，这场决斗的决心要坚定得多。

NARR: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton’s second clash was triggered by Burr’s strange bid for the White House.

纳尔：亚伦·伯尔和亚历山大·汉密尔顿的第二次冲突是由伯尔奇怪的入主白宫引发的。

In the election of 1800, Thoms Jefferson was the heavy favorite for president.

在 1800 年的选举中，汤姆斯·杰斐逊 (Thoms Jefferson) 成为总统候选人的热门人选。

Jefferson chose Burr to run as his vice president.

杰斐逊选择伯尔作为副总统竞选。

But due to the bizarre rules that governed presidential elections at that time, Burr unexpectedly tied Jefferson for president.

但由于当时总统选举的奇怪规则，伯尔出人意料地与杰斐逊并列当选总统。

The choice between Jefferson and Burr fell to the House of Representatives — controlled by Hamilton’s party called Federalists .

杰斐逊和伯尔之间的选择落在了众议院——由汉密尔顿的联邦党控制。

Now, Aaron Burr had to make a very hard decision.

现在，亚伦·伯尔必须做出一个非常艰难的决定。

THOMAS FLEMING: The tie of eighteen hundred was the most, fateful moment of Aaron Burr’s life.

托马斯·弗莱明：一千八百的领带是亚伦·伯尔一生中最重要的时刻。

He had, was faced with a very difficult choice.

他，面临着一个非常艰难的选择。

Should he go to Washington and, politic with the Federalist Party, and, throw Jefferson out of office?

他应该去华盛顿与联邦党进行政治斗争，然后将杰斐逊赶下台吗？

Should he deny, any interest whatsoever in becoming president - after all he had received as many votes as Jefferson, from the Electoral College so theoretically or legally he was entitled to be president.

如果他否认的话，他对成为总统有任何兴趣——毕竟他从选举团中获得了与杰斐逊一样多的选票，因此从理论上或法律上来说，他有权成为总统。

So Burr was in a terrifically difficult position - and he made the choice of remaining silent.

因此，伯尔的处境极其困难，他选择了保持沉默。

NARR: Burr had made his choice.

纳尔：伯尔做出了他的选择。

Now Hamilton had to make one.

现在汉密尔顿必须做一个。

He could either side with the majority of his party, which favored Aaron Burr, or throw his support to Thomas Jefferson, whose belief in a weak national government made him one of Hamilton’s fiercest foes.

他可以选择支持亚伦·伯尔（Aaron Burr）的党内多数派，也可以支持托马斯·杰斐逊（Thomas Jefferson），后者相信国家政府软弱，使他成为汉密尔顿最激烈的敌人之一。

But in Hamilton’s eyes, at least Jefferson had integrity.

但在汉密尔顿看来，杰斐逊至少是正直的。

HAMILTON : There is no doubt but that upon every virtuous and prudent calculation Jefferson is to be preferred.

汉密尔顿：毫无疑问，根据一切道德和审慎的计算，杰斐逊是首选。

He is by far not so dangerous a man and he has pretensions to character.

到目前为止，他并不是一个那么危险的人，而且他的性格也很自命不凡。

On February 11th, 1801, the first vote between Burr and Jefferson was taken inside the Capitol.

1801 年 2 月 11 日，伯尔和杰斐逊之间的第一次投票在国会大厦内进行。

The vote was deadlocked and it remained deadlocked through five days and thirty-five ballots.

投票陷入僵局，历经五天、三十五次投票，一直处于僵局。

NARR: Finally, on the 36th ballot, Hamilton’s side prevailed.

纳尔：最终，在第 36 次投票中，汉密尔顿一方获胜。

The House chose Thomas Jefferson, not Aaron Burr, to be the third president of the United States.

众议院选择托马斯·杰斐逊，而不是亚伦·伯尔，担任美国第三任总统。

NARR: Having lost the election, Aaron Burr had the consolation of being vice president.

纳尔：亚伦·伯尔（Aaron Burr）在选举失败后，作为副总统获得了安慰。

But because he had nearly taken the presidency away, Jefferson treated him as a mortal enemy and completely cut him off.

但由于他差点夺走总统宝座，杰斐逊把他视为死敌，彻底断绝了联系。

Suddenly and surprisingly powerless, Burr spent most of his time at his home outside New York.

突然间，令人惊讶的是，伯尔感到无能为力，他大部分时间都呆在纽约郊外的家中。

"He is an isolated man," one insider wrote, "wholly without influence." NARR: For Hamilton, too, the years after the election were bitter ones.

“他是一个孤立的人，”一位内部人士写道，“完全没有影响力。”纳尔：对于汉密尔顿来说，大选后的几年也是痛苦的。

Though he had supported Jefferson, the two men had very different visions of America.

尽管他支持杰斐逊，但两人对美国的看法截然不同。

Now Hamilton saw much of what he had worked for swept away.

现在，汉密尔顿发现他为之奋斗的大部分事业都被一扫而光。

Worse was to come.

更糟糕的还在后面。

In 1802, Hamilton’s eldest son, Philip fought a duel against a man who had insulted his father.

1802 年，汉密尔顿的长子菲利普与一名侮辱他父亲的人进行了决斗。

Philip was killed.

菲利普被杀。

After his son’s death, Hamilton fell into a deep depression about his life and his adopted country.

儿子去世后，汉密尔顿对自己的生活和移居的国家陷入了深深的沮丧之中。

What can I do better than withdraw from the scene?

除了退出现场，我还能做什么更好？

Every day proves to me more and more that this American world was not made for me.

每一天都越来越向我证明，这个美国世界并不适合我。

For two years, both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr remained in political exile.

两年来，亚历山大·汉密尔顿和亚伦·伯尔都处于政治流亡状态。

But then, in 1804, they clashed for a third and final time over Burr’s plan for returning to power.

但随后，在 1804 年，他们就伯尔重新掌权的计划发生了第三次也是最后一次冲突。

Burr announced that he was switching parties and was running for governor of New York as a member of Hamilton’s Federalist Party.

伯尔宣布他将换党，并以汉密尔顿所在的联邦党成员身份竞选纽约州州长。

Outraged, Hamilton returned to the political fight.

汉密尔顿愤怒地重返政治斗争。

He rode across the state, telling any Federalist who would listen that they should vote for the devil himself before they voted for Burr.

他骑马穿越整个州，告诉任何愿意听的联邦党人，他们应该在投票给伯尔之前投票给魔鬼本人。

Burr lost the Federalist nomination.

伯尔失去了联邦党人的提名。

Desperate, he ran for governor anyway, as an independent.

绝望之下，他无论如何都以独立人士的身份竞选州长。

In response, both the Federalists and the Jeffersonians began printing malicious gossip about Burr.

作为回应，联邦党人和杰斐逊党人都开始刊登有关伯尔的恶意八卦。

THOMAS FLEMING: He was hammered, to an unbelievable degree, they smeared him in every way you could think of.

托马斯·弗莱明：他受到了重创，达到了令人难以置信的程度，他们以你能想到的各种方式抹黑了他。

On the day that the polls opened, the paper published a list of twenty prostitutes, who said that Aaron Burr was their favorite customer.

投票开始当天，报纸公布了一份二十名妓女的名单，她们说亚伦·伯尔是她们最喜欢的顾客。

It was the dirtiest political campaign I think probably in the history of the country in terms of personal political attacks.

我认为，就个人政治攻击而言，这可能是该国历史上最肮脏的政治运动。

NARR: Burr finished last and his reputation was completely destroyed.

纳尔：伯尔名列最后，他的声誉彻底毁了。

THOMAS FLEMING: After Burr lost this unbelievably dirty governorship election, he was a deeply depressed man.

托马斯·弗莱明：伯尔在这场令人难以置信的肮脏的州长选举中失败后，他变得非常沮丧。

We know from his letters to his daughter, that he holed up at his estate, Richmond Hill, and saw nobody, he was isolated.

我们从他写给女儿的信中得知，他躲在自己位于列治文山的庄园里，没有见到任何人，他被孤立了。

NARR: To restore his reputation, Burr needed to make a dramatic public stand in defense of his honor.

纳尔：为了恢复自己的声誉，伯尔需要采取戏剧性的公开立场来捍卫自己的荣誉。

And nothing could be as dramatic as challenging Alexander Hamilton, who had been attacking him for fifteen years, to a duel.

没有什么比挑战亚历山大·汉密尔顿更戏剧性的了，他十五年来一直在攻击他。

JOANNE FREEMAN: Our image of the duel is that someone says a hasty word, and someone slaps someone else, and instantly they run off to the field of honor.

乔安妮·弗里曼：我们对决斗的印象是，有人说一句仓促的话，有人扇了别人一巴掌，然后他们立即跑向荣誉场。

But the fact of the matter is, that they were very deliberately provoked, and very often in this period, they were provoked after elections by either the person who lost the election, or one of his friends as a way of making up for the damage to their reputation in having lost.

但事实是，他们是故意挑衅的，而且在这个时期，他们往往是在选举后被落选者或其朋友挑衅，以弥补因落选而受到的声誉损失。

NARR: According to the code of honor, Burr could not challenge Hamilton without concrete evidence that Hamilton had attacked his character.

纳尔：根据荣誉准则，如果没有具体证据表明汉密尔顿攻击了伯尔的品格，伯尔就不能挑战汉密尔顿。

Then a friend gave Burr a newspaper, which contained a letter from a Doctor Cooper.

然后，一位朋友给了伯尔一份报纸，其中包含库珀医生的一封信。

In it, Cooper said that he had heard Hamilton declare Burr ‘to be a dangerous man.’ Cooper went on to say that he could "detail a still more despicable opinion which Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." This eyewitness account gave Burr the evidence he needed to confront Hamilton.

库珀在信中说，他听到汉密尔顿宣称伯尔“是一个危险的人”。库珀接着说，他可以“详细说明汉密尔顿对伯尔先生表达的更加卑鄙的观点”。目击者的叙述为伯尔提供了对抗汉密尔顿所需的证据。

Sir, I send for your perusal a letter signed by Charles.

先生，我寄给您一封由查尔斯签名的信，请您仔细阅读。

D.

D .

Cooper.

库珀.

You must perceive, Sir, the necessity of a prompt and unqualified acknowledgement or denial of the use of any expressions which could warrant the assertions of Dr. Cooper.

先生，您必须认识到有必要立即无条件地承认或否认使用任何可以保证库珀博士的主张的表达方式。

I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, Aaron Burr.

我很荣幸成为您的顺从仆人，亚伦·伯尔。

When Hamilton receives Burr's letter alarm bells had to go off.

当汉密尔顿收到伯尔的信时，警钟必须拉响。

Because basically Burr's letter is absolutely the model of the ritualistic first letter you send when your private character has been attacked and you're initiating an affair of honor.

因为基本上伯尔的信绝对是当你的私人角色受到攻击并且你正在开始一段荣誉事件时你发送的第一封仪式信的典范。

So he knows, okay, now we're on the edge of an affair of honor here.

所以他知道，好吧，现在我们正处于荣誉事件的边缘。

And what that means is at that moment, now every word must be considered, now every action must be considered, because now a wrong move means the dueling ground.

这意味着在那一刻，现在每句话都必须考虑，现在每一个行动都必须考虑，因为现在一个错误的举动就意味着决斗场。

NARR: Hamilton was in a difficult spot.

纳尔：汉密尔顿陷入了困境。

He wanted to resolve the affair short of a duel, as he had done in the past.

他想像过去那样通过决斗来解决这件事。

But he could not bring himself to apologize to Burr.

但他无法向伯尔道歉。

He sent a carefully crafted reply.

他发来了一份精心设计的回复。

HAMILTON: Sir - The language of Doctor Cooper affirms that I have expressed some opinion "still more despicable," without however mentioning to whom, when, or where.

汉密尔顿：先生——库珀医生的语言证实我表达了一些“更加卑鄙”的观点，但没有提及向谁、何时何地表达。

'Tis evident, that the phrase "still more despicable" admits of infinite shades, from very light to very dark.

显然，“更卑鄙”这个词包含无限的阴影，从很亮到很暗。

How am I to judge of the degree intended?

我如何判断想要的学位？

I trust, on more reflection, you will see the matter in the same light with me.

我相信，经过更多思考，你会和我以同样的眼光看待这件事。

If not, I can only regret the circumstance, and must abide the consequences.

如果没有，我只能后悔，并且必须承担后果。

Hamilton's letter is essentially lecturing Burr: Number one, this is not how you start and affair of honor.

汉密尔顿的信本质上是在教训伯尔：第一，这不是你开始和荣誉事件的方式。

Number two, let's talk about the meaning of the word despicable.

第二，我们来谈谈卑鄙这个词的含义。

So, it sort of seems to equivocate.

所以，这似乎有点模棱两可。

And then because Hamilton doesn't want to fight, but he doesn't want to seem cowardly, he ends with this sort of a blustering statement that if things don't work out, he's ready to face the consequences.

然后因为汉密尔顿不想打架，但他不想显得懦弱，所以他以这种咆哮的声明结束，如果事情不顺利，他准备好面对后果。

So, he's already said well, if you want a duel, I'm there.

所以，他已经说好了，如果你想决斗，我就在那里。

So, it's the worst possible letter that he could have written.

所以，这是他写过的最糟糕的信。

And Burr is rightfully offended by that letter and writes back a more offensive letter to Hamilton.

伯尔对这封信感到愤怒，并给汉密尔顿写了一封更具冒犯性的信。

BURR: Sir - The common sense of Mankind affixes to the epithet adopted by Dr. Cooper the idea of dishonor.

伯尔：先生——人类的常识将库珀博士所采用的绰号附加到了耻辱的含义上。

The question is not whether he has used it with grammatical accuracy, but whether you have uttered expressions derogatory to my honor.

问题不在于他的语法是否准确，而在于你是否说出了贬低我名誉的言论。

Your letter has furnished me with new reasons for requiring a definite reply.

你的来信为我提供了需要明确答复的新理由。

Well, then Hamilton is rightfully offended.

好吧，那么汉密尔顿就理所当然地被冒犯了。

And in essence, things begin to spiral to the point where both men feel that they can't turn back.

从本质上讲，事情开始螺旋式上升，以至于两个人都觉得自己无法回头。

NARR: Hamilton wrote a final letter offering to settle, but adamantly refusing to apologize.

纳尔：汉密尔顿写了最后一封信提出和解，但坚决拒绝道歉。

Angry and insulted, Burr fired back an ultimatum.

伯尔感到愤怒和侮辱，他回击了最后通牒。

THOMAS FLEMING: Burr became so enraged, that he said to Hamilton, I’m not gonna be satisfied with an apology for this one particular insult.

托马斯·弗莱明：伯尔非常愤怒，他对汉密尔顿说，我不会满足于为这一特殊的侮辱而道歉。

I want a general apology from you.

我想要你的一般性道歉。

I want you to apologize and say that you’re sorry forever insulting me before anybody in your entire life.

我希望你道歉，并说你很抱歉在你的一生中永远在任何人面前侮辱我。

This was ultimate humiliation, and Hamilton simply couldn’t swallow it, if he was going to remain a public man.

这是终极的耻辱，如果汉密尔顿想继续做一名公众人物，他根本无法忍受。

NARR: With negotiations at an impasse, the code of honor required that Hamilton and Burr meet, as gentlemen, on the dueling ground.

纳尔：由于谈判陷入僵局，荣誉准则要求汉密尔顿和伯尔以绅士身份在决斗场上会面。

Failure by either man to appear would mean public humiliation and political death.

任何一人不出庭都将意味着公开羞辱和政治死亡。

The place chosen was the New Jersey shore of the Hudson River.

选定的地点是新泽西州哈得逊河岸边。

The date chosen for the duel was July 11th, 1804.

决斗的日期选定为 1804 年 7 月 11 日。

Both men kept the duel secret from their families, but Burr wrote his daughter a letter to be read in case he was killed.

两人都对家人保密了这场决斗，但伯尔给女儿写了一封信，让女儿阅读，以防他被杀。

I am indebted to you, my dearest Theodosia, for a very great portion of the happiness which I have enjoyed in this life.

我最亲爱的狄奥多西娅，我很感激你，让我在这一生中享受到了很大的幸福。

You have completely satisfied all that my heart and affections had hoped or even wished.

你完全满足了我内心和情感所希望甚至所希望的一切。

Adieu.

再见。

Adieu.

再见。

Hamilton wrote to Eliza, his wife of 25 years and the mother of his six children.

汉密尔顿写信给伊丽莎，她是他结婚 25 年的妻子，也是他六个孩子的母亲。

HAMILTON: This letter, my very dear Eliza, will not be delivered to you, unless I shall first have terminated my earthly career.

汉密尔顿：我亲爱的伊丽莎，除非我先结束我的尘世生涯，否则这封信不会交给你。

If it had been possible for me to have avoided the duel, my love for you and my precious children would have been alone decisive.

如果我有可能避免这场决斗，那么我对你和我珍贵的孩子们的爱将是决定性的。

But it was not possible, without sacrifices which would have rendered me unworthy of your esteem.

但这是不可能的，如果没有牺牲，我就不值得你们的尊重。

I need not tell you of the pangs I feel, from the idea of quitting you and exposing you to the anguish which I know you would feel.

我不需要告诉你我所感受到的痛苦，因为一想到要离开你，让你承受我知道你会感受到的痛苦。

Adieu best of wives and best of Women.

再见最好的妻子和最好的女人。

Embrace all my darling Children for me.

为我拥抱我所有亲爱的孩子们。

Ever yours AH.

永远是你的啊。

Early on July 11th, Aaron Burr and his second, William Van Ness, arrived on the New Jersey shore of the Hudson.

7 月 11 日一早，亚伦·伯尔 (Aaron Burr) 和他的第二个儿子威廉·范·尼斯 (William Van Ness) 抵达新泽西州的哈德逊河岸边。

At that same moment, Alexander Hamilton reached a dock on the New York shore.

与此同时，亚历山大·汉密尔顿到达了纽约海岸的一个码头。

He brought with him a doctor and his second, Judge Pendleton, who carried the pistols.

他带来了一名医生和他的副手彭德尔顿法官，后者携带手枪。

At 7a.m.

早上 7 点

Hamilton’s party reached New Jersey and set out for the woods.

汉密尔顿一行人抵达新泽西州，出发前往树林。

In a clearing, Burr was waiting.

在一片空地上，伯尔正在等待。

Judge Pendleton described what happened next.

彭德尔顿法官描述了接下来发生的事情。

Once Hamilton and Burr had loaded pistols in hand, the rules mandated that they take up positions 20 feet apart.

一旦汉密尔顿和伯尔手中的手枪装满子弹，规则就要求他们占据相距 20 英尺的位置。

When the signal was given, they had three seconds to fire.

当信号发出后，他们有三秒钟的时间开火。

It was at this point that the two seconds gave completely different accounts of Hamilton’s actions.

正是在这一点上，这两秒钟对汉密尔顿的行为给出了完全不同的描述。

According to Judge Pendleton, Hamilton had made a fateful decision: that it would be morally wrong to shoot at Burr.

彭德尔顿法官表示，汉密尔顿做出了一个重大决定：向伯尔开枪在道德上是错误的。

JUDGE PENDLETON: He had made up his mind not to fire at Burr, but to fire in the air.

彭德尔顿法官：他已决定不对伯尔开枪，而是向空中开枪。

But according to Burr’s second, William Van Ness, Hamilton showed every sign of intending to shoot his rival.

但根据伯尔的第二任助手威廉·范·内斯的说法，汉密尔顿表现出了各种意图射杀他的对手的迹象。

VAN NESS : While his second was explaining the rules, Hamilton raised and leveled his pistol.

范·尼斯：当他的第二个解释规则时，汉密尔顿举起了手枪。

He then drew from his pocket a pair of spectacles & observed that he was ready to proceed.

然后他从口袋里掏出一副眼镜，发现自己已经准备好继续前进。

Van Ness claimed that Hamilton shot at Burr but missed.

范内斯声称汉密尔顿向伯尔开枪但没有射中。

NARR: Whatever Hamilton’s actions, both seconds agreed that after Hamilton fired, Burr stood unhurt.

纳尔：无论汉密尔顿采取什么行动，两秒都同意汉密尔顿开枪后，伯尔没有受伤。

Now, Hamilton’s fate was in Burr’s hands.

现在，汉密尔顿的命运掌握在伯尔手中。

The fire of Burr took effect, and Hamilton almost instantly fell.

伯尔的火力生效，汉密尔顿几乎瞬间就倒下了。

Burr then advanced toward Hamilton with a manner and gesture that appeared to be expressive of regret, but without speaking turned about and withdrew.

然后伯尔向汉密尔顿走去，他的态度和手势似乎在表达遗憾，但没有说话，转身退出了。

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The doctor was not optimistic about Hamilton's condition DR. HOSACK: His look of death I shall never forget.

医生DR.对汉密尔顿的病情并不乐观。霍萨克：我永远不会忘记他那死一般的表情。

I observed to Mr. Pendleton, that the only chance of reviving him was to immediately get him upon the water.

我对彭德尔顿先生说，救活他的唯一机会就是立即把他救到水面上。

In the hours after the duel, Aaron Burr returned home and, according to his maid, ate a hearty breakfast.

决斗结束后的几个小时里，亚伦·伯尔回到家，据他的女仆说，他吃了一顿丰盛的早餐。

Then he sent a note to the doctor to inquire after Hamilton’s health.

然后他给医生写了一张纸条，询问汉密尔顿的健康状况。

NARR: Burr had shot Hamilton in the stomach and the bullet had lodged next to his spine.

纳尔：伯尔向汉密尔顿的腹部开枪，子弹卡在他的脊柱旁边。

He lingered 36 hours in excruciating pain, with his family and the doctor at his side.

他在极度痛苦中度过了36个小时，家人和医生都在他身边。

DR. HOSACK : His mind retained all its usual strength and composure.

博士。霍萨克：他的头脑保持着平常的力量和镇定。

The great source of his anxiety seemed to be in his sympathy with his half distracted wife and children.

他焦虑的最大根源似乎在于他对心不在焉的妻子和孩子的同情。

He alone could calm the frantic grief of the mother.

只有他才能安抚母亲疯狂的悲痛。

"Remember, my Eliza, you are a Christian" was the expression with which he frequently, with a firm voice, addressed her.

“记住，我的伊丽莎，你是一名基督徒”，这是他经常用坚定的声音对她说的话。

His words and the tone in which they were uttered will live forever in my memory.

他的话语和说话的语气将永远活在我的记忆中。

Then, at 2 p.m.

然后，下午 2 点。

on July 12, 1804, Alexander Hamilton died.

1804 年 7 月 12 日，亚历山大·汉密尔顿去世。

NARR: News of Hamilton’s death sparked nationwide outrage.

纳尔：汉密尔顿去世的消息引发了全国范围的愤怒。

Ironically, shooting Hamilton, which Burr thought would restore his reputation, instead destroyed it forever.

具有讽刺意味的是，伯尔认为枪杀汉密尔顿可以恢复他的声誉，但却永远摧毁了他的声誉。

JOANNE FREEMAN: The few instances among these political duels when someone actually is killed, ended up being very bad for the for the person who's done the killing.

乔安妮·弗里曼：在这些政治决斗中，有少数人确实被杀，但最终对杀人者来说却是非常糟糕的。

Instead of appearing to be a noble man defending his honor, he instead appears to be bloodthirsty and somehow vicious.

他并没有表现出一个捍卫自己荣誉的高贵男人，相反，他显得嗜血，而且有些恶毒。

He’s crossed a line.

他已经越界了。

NARR: Aaron Burr was one of the first duelists charged with murder.

纳尔：亚伦·伯尔是第一批被指控谋杀的决斗者之一。

To avoid prosecution, he would be forced to flee New York, leaving behind his mansion and all his possessions.

为了避免起诉，他将被迫逃离纽约，留下他的豪宅和所有财产。

In the years to come, he would lead a foolhardy attempt to invade Mexico, be tried for treason, and be forced into exile in Europe.

在接下来的几年里，他鲁莽地企图入侵墨西哥，因叛国罪受到审判，并被迫流亡欧洲。

He would never return to the pinnacle of power.

他再也回不到权力的巅峰了。

Yet not until he reached old age did Burr admit to having second thoughts about killing Hamilton.

然而，直到年老时，伯尔才承认对杀死汉密尔顿有了新的想法。

Throughout his life, he had kept two books in his library.

在他的一生中，他的图书馆里藏着两本书。

One, which was written by the philosopher Voltaire, advocated a ruthless response to all insults.

其中一篇是哲学家伏尔泰写的，主张对所有侮辱进行无情的回应。

The other was the novel "Tristam Shandee" by Lawrence Stern, in which a man is about to kill a fly, but suddenly stops, and, instead, helps it out the window BURR: If I had read more Stern and less Voltaire, perhaps I would have realized that the world was large enough for both Hamilton and me.

另一本是劳伦斯·斯特恩的小说《特里斯坦·尚迪》，其中一个人正要杀死一只苍蝇，但突然停下来，而是把它扶出了窗外。 伯尔：如果我多读斯特恩，少读伏尔泰，也许我会意识到世界足够大，足以容纳汉密尔顿和我。

In 1836, at the age of 80, Aaron Burr died.

1836 年，80 岁的亚伦·伯尔去世。

But his name would live on, forever linked with that of his rival Alexander Hamilton, with whom he fought "The Duel."

但他的名字将继续存在，永远与他的竞争对手亚历山大·汉密尔顿联系在一起，并与他进行了“决斗”。