林肯的演讲

林肯的演讲
林肯的演讲

当总统离别春田镇时,对他的相亲有感而发

各位春田镇的朋友:过去20多年来,我一直活在各位的友情中。我的孩子,都是在这里出生的,其中一个已长眠于此。我的心和这个镇连在一起。我一直过着幸福的日子,完全是各位给我的爱护。

我现在要离开这个令人怀念的小镇了,必须面对着比当年华盛顿将军所负担的更困难的任务。如果没有神的帮助,我可能无法突破这个难关,请各位帮助我,不要让上帝遗弃我。最后,各位多珍重,祝各位幸福。

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朋友们,不是处于我这种情况的人,绝对无法体会我心中的悲哀。我所有的一切都归功于这个地方,以及此地人的善良。我在这住了四分之一的世纪,由一个年轻人长成一个老头子。我的孩子都在这里出生,其中之一以长眠于此。我这一走,什么时候会回来,或者会不会再回来都不知道,眼前的任务比华盛顿时期更为艰难。若没有上帝的帮助,我不可能成功。有了他的帮助我不可能失败。信赖他吧,他会与我同行,也会留在你们身边,永远无处不在,让我们怀着信心,祝愿一切平安。我将你们托福给他,也希望你们在祈祷中祝福我,我诚恳的跟你们告别。

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自由和平等并不是只有美国人可以享受,我们必须努力,使全世界的人都能享有这项权利,这是我们大家的责任。我为了此事,即使受到屈辱或被杀,也在所不惜,当然,我们必须避免战争,任何一个国家

兄弟闹翻是最不幸的事,但是如果对方坚持不愿意放下武器,我们也不能座视。

林肯连任演说:精辟处

各位,我们对任何人,均不可怀有恶意,要努力地以爱和正义来完成现在的我们所从事的工作。我们对这次战争中受伤的人,将予妥善治疗。对于从战场上作战归来的,失去丈夫的,失去父亲的人民,一律给予照顾。同时,我们要尽一切努力,在美国的每一个国民之间,以及世界各国之间,建立永久的和平。

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87年前,我们的先辈在这个大陆上建立一个崭新的国家。这个国家以自由为理想,奉行所有人生而平等的原则。

目前我们正在进行一场伟大的国内战争。我们的国家或任何一个有着同样理想与目标的国家能否长久存在,这次战争是一个考验。现在我们——在这场战争的一个伟大的战场上——聚会在一起,将这战场上的一些小块土地奉献给那些为国家生存而英勇捐躯的人们,作为他们最后的安息之地。我们这样做是完全应该的,适当的。

然而,从深一成的意义上来说,我们没有能力奉献这块土地,没有能力使这块土地变得更神圣。因为在这里进行过斗争的,活着的和已经死去的勇士们,已经使这块土地变得这样圣洁,我们的微力以不足以对他有所扬抑。我今天在这里的话,也许世人不会注意也不会记住,但是这些英雄的业绩,人们永世不忘。

我们后来者应该做的工作。我们应该献身于英雄们曾在此为之奋斗,

努力推进但尚未完成的工作。我们应该献身于他们遗留给我们的伟大任务。我们的先烈以将自己全部精诚赋予我们的事业,我们应该从他们的榜样中汲取更多的精神力量,决心使他们的鲜血不至白流。在上帝的护佑下,我们的国家将获得自由的新生。我们这个民有,民治,民享的政府将永存于世上。

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这是个不会被困难所吓倒,不会被成功所迷惑的人,他不屈不挠的迈向自己的伟大目标,而不轻举妄动,他稳步向前,从而不倒退;他既不因人民的热烈拥护而冲昏头脑,也不因人民的情绪低落而灰心丧气,他用仁慈的心灵的光辉缓和严峻的行动,用幽默的微笑照亮被热情所蒙蔽的事态,他谦虚地质朴的进行自己的宏伟的工作,决不向那些天生的统治者们那样做一点点小事就大吹大擂,总之,他是一位达到了伟大境界而仍然保持自己优良品质的罕有人物。

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