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In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized.

在一个最近才有人定居的大陆上，其中许多地方还没有多少历史或文化背景，本卷的材料是从最早被殖民的一个地区收集的。

— Hervey Allen 赫维·艾伦