And both sides, both North and South, in their political leadership, in their economic leadership, were led by hard-boiled, believing, practicing, capitalists.

而且南方和北方双方的,政治领导,和经济领袖,都是久经世故,信仰坚定的老练资本家

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He is that kind of hard-boiled realist.

他就是那种死硬派的现实主义者。

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