原文 (英語)

Prepared by Brett Fishburne (bfish@atlantech.net) The Life of Stephen A. Douglas by William Gardner Preface. De mortuis nil nisi bonum, (of the dead speak nothing but good), is the rule which governed the friends of Stephen A. Douglas after his death. "Of political foes speak nothing but ill," is the rule which has guided much of our discussion of him for forty years. The time has now arrived when we can study him dispassionately and judge him justly, when we can take his measu