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美国独立战争胜利二十多年后,美国与英国又大战了一场。那就是一八一二年对英战争,也即美国第二次独立战争。一八一四年,英军甚至杀进华盛顿,纵火焚烧白宫和国会大厦,熊熊烈焰之中,国会图书馆的藏书全数化为灰烬。在这个国家最重要的图书馆惨遭焚毁的情况下,前总统杰弗逊及时作出重大贡献。他把自己多年来收藏的六千四百多种图书售予国会图书馆,使国会议员们不至于因这突如其来的书荒——无书可读、无资料可查而感到焦虑不安。不过也有议员反对买杰弗逊的书,因为他的藏书中有不
Twenty years after the victory of the American Revolution, the United States and Great Britain fought another war. It was the 1822 war against Britain, the second war of independence in the United States. In 1814, the British army even killed Washington, setting fire to the White House and the Capitol. Flames filled the Library of Congress’s books ashes. In the wake of the tragic destruction of the country’s most important library, former President Jefferson made a timely and significant contribution. He sold more than 6,400 kinds of books he had collected over the years to the Library of Congress, preventing members of the National Assembly from being anxious about the sudden shortage of books - no books to read and no information available. However, there are also members who oppose the purchase of Jefferson’s book, because there is no in his collection