She says Abraham Lincoln is seen to represent the values that the nation most honors like truthfulness, moderation and respect for human rights.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

It's a persistent problem partly because it always raises these issues of fictionality versus truthfulness, of honesty versus embellishment.

这是个持久的问题,原因是它一直在质疑虚构性和真实性的关系，还有诚实与修饰的关系。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And he says this about his own little research: "I shall not hesitate to put down for you with my interpretations whatsoever things I well learned at one time from the Presbyters," just meaning the old guys,elders,"and well remembered, confidently asserting truthfulness for them.

对于他自己的研究，他这样说：,“我会毫不犹豫地写下,我曾经从长老那里学到和记住的,一切东西，而且加上我的诠释“,长老指长者，前辈，“并自信地肯定他们的真实性。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选