总统坚持说他这么做是出于同情而不是政治投机。

The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not political opportunism.

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有一天，这个善良的姑娘为托德的不幸遭遇感到同情，对她的父亲说：“父亲！”

This kind-hearted girl, pitying the misery of Toad, said to her father one day, "Father!"

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国王同情他，说：“你不会再贫穷了。”

The king then took pity on him, and said, "You shall be poor no longer."

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In fact, the London newspaper at that time and popular opinion sympathized with them, Dudley and Stevens, and the paper said if they weren't motivated by affection and concern for their loved ones at home and their dependents, surely they wouldn't have done this.

事实上，当时伦敦的报纸,以及舆论，是很同情达德利和斯蒂芬斯的，报纸上说，要不是因为他们,为了能活着见到家中的挚爱亲朋，他们肯定不会这么做的。

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They look at you and they say,

他们同情地看着你说，

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