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’奧’’羅斯福 (THEODORE ROOSEVELT) ’奮鬥不’ In Praise of the Strenuous Life’’有’’’’’戰’’奪’輝煌’勝’’’’’’’折’比’’偷’’’’’’’’’’’’’生’’’’’暮’之中’’體驗不’勝’’’樂’’嘗’不’失敗’’’’ ’奧’’羅斯福(1858－1919)’生’’’’’豪’’’’’’候身體虛’’’’’’鋼’’’’志鍛煉身體’成’’分’’’野’體’’動’’’’’’’’學’畢’’’曾’哥’比’’’學’學習’’’’’間’而’選擇’’’及歷’’’’生’’23歲’’’’選’’立’機’’’’’’’’’次失敗’’’有’’’’’’領’’營’’場’接著’’’’當’’’警察局’’’’’’麥’萊’’’期’任’’部’’’’ 1898’’國’’’’’戰’’’’’辭’’’內’職務’’領’國第’’’’’團’戰’’’’巴’’’’’’’當’’’’’’’’’’’’’’疏遠’’黨’心’’’’’1900’’們提’讓羅斯福’’’’麥’萊’選’統’’副’統候選’’’’’’脫羅斯福’’’’’們原’讓’們漸漸忘’不’’’’’’’’羅斯福’’’麥’萊’1901’’’殺’’羅斯福接任’’統職務’ 羅斯福’’’任’’’’’個月’’’1899’4月l0日’’’哥’’’’講’’’’最’’們’’’’講之’’’’六’’’’’’詹寧斯’布賴’’曾’’’哥’’’講’譴’’國’’國’’’’’羅斯福’’’’內戰結’’’’’’’’日’’’’講中反駁’布賴’’結’’生’’’對’們’’戰’’個’’’’’’’講中談’’國’國際’務中應’’’用’ 今天’聽眾’’’國’部最偉’’’市’’裏’’’’’統’’蘭’’’’樣’偉’’’裏’’民最’’最’顯’體’’’國’’’’’面對’樣偉’’’民’我’’揚’不’’鄙’’圖’’’樂’’生Ｗ學’而’生’不止奮鬥不’’’生Ｗ學’我’’’生應該’最’’’成’奮鬥’’種成’’不’那’’’閒’’日’’’們’’’’’’’有那’不’’’’不’勞累’’們’有’’’’最’’輝煌勝’對’個’’說應該奮鬥不’’對’個民族’說’應該’’’說’有歷’’民族’’福’民族’’’’’’謊言’’有’’歷’’民族’’分’’’’’’有’’’’’戰’’奪’輝煌’勝’’’’’’’折’比’’偷’’’’’’’’’’’’’生’’’’’暮’之中’’體驗不’勝’’’樂’’嘗’不’失敗’’’’’1861’’’’那’熱’’邦’’們’’’平’最終’目’’’’戰’’衝’’最不’’’情’’’’’種’’’做’’那麼我們’’避’’百’’’’落’’’’’’’’’’’’而’除’’’’’我們’’’’生’’’錢方面’’價’’還’’’我們’婦’’’’’心’之’’’我們’’民’’’’’’之’’當’邦’隊’’’’’走’失敗’’我們’國’’’’’’陷’’’’個月之’’’’’’’之中’’’我們’衝’面’’’不’’我們’’避’’’’’’’’我們’避’’’’’’我們’成’不’’立’’’偉’民族之’’懦夫’’謝’給’我們’輩鋼’’’’志’’們支援’’’’統’’’抉擇’’’’’’’’’’蘭’’’’隊伍’我們’不’’偉’’’’’雄們’’’’’把偉’內戰’’’’’’’’最’勝’’’雄們’’’’讓我們’’’讓我們’’輩’絕’’’’’’’見’讓我們’’輩’不’’’’面對’’’失敗’’傷’失望’’煉’’’歷’’’內戰’’’最’奴隸們獲’’解’’’邦’’’’’’’’’’’堅’眾國’’次像巨’’’’立’’’民族之’’ 我們’’’’用不著面’我們’輩’面’’那種任務’’’’我們’有’’’任務’’’我們’’完成我們’任務’我們’’’’不’’我們’不’扮’中國’角’’’’我們重蹈中國’覆轍’’滿’足’’圖’’疆域內’’寧’樂’漸漸’’敗’落’對國’’’情’’興趣’’溺’’’’’之中’忘掉’奮’’’’’’’’’高’生’’整天忙’滿足我們肉體暫’’欲望’那麼’’’疑問’’有’天我們’’’’’中國今天’’’生’’’’實’’懼戰’’閉關鎖國’’圖’寧’樂’民族’’’’戰’’’’’民族’’攻面’’’’’’敗’’’’我們’成’’正偉’’民族’我們必須竭盡’’’國際’務中’巨’’’用’我們’’’避’問’’我們’’’’僅’該’’’’’’問’’’’我們’捲’’’’’’’戰’’那’’不’避’’’我們’’考’’僅’我們該像懦夫那樣’’’’還’該’敢’鬥志’揚’’’戰場’’及’旦’’’戰場’我們’’’打勝’’’’情’’’’’’我們’’’避’’’’’’巴’’’黎’’菲’賓’面’’’任’我們’’考’’僅’’我們’’妥善’’’’問’’’’我國’’望’’及我們對’’’問’’’’不當’’不’成’我們歷’’黑’’’’’頁’’絕’’’’問’’’’’’敗塗’’什麼’樣’我們面’著’我們’’’問’’’’我們著手’解’’必’’’著’’不當’’’’’’’不’’’等’’’我們’本’’’’’ 懦夫’’’’對’’’’疑’’’’’喪失’鬥’精’’支’’’’文質’’’’’’’’’’’’還有那’’’’’’堅’不移’’們’’’’巨’鼓’’麻木不仁’’’’’有’’’當’’’’’’們’國’’擔’’’職’’’’’’我們’立’滿足我國需’’’’’陸’’’’’’我們’擔國際’務’’’’’我們’敢’’’’’手們把’’’’’隊趕’’’讓偉’’’’熱’’嶼’’亂中’’’’’’’’’’’’’’生’’’’’’種唯’值’’’民族生’’ ’’們’我們國’’’’’’’不’’’’生’而’’’奮鬥’生’’’’’’’’國’’’’’’’’難之中’’種’’’’’著我們’’’我們’手’’’’’我們僅僅’’’’’散’’閒生’’’’’’’我們不參’’種必須’生’’’’’’切’獲’勝’’’’’’’那麼比我們野’’’’民族’甩’我們’控’整個’’’’’’讓我們’敢’面’生’’’戰’’心’’’’’’夫’’概’完成我們’職’’用我們’’言’’動’維’正’’’’’誠’’’’採’切實’’’方’’實’我們’’’’最重’’’’’’我們’’我們’’’正’’邊’我們都不’’國內’’質’精’’’衝’面’’’’’’’有’’鬥’’’’’’’’’鬥’’我們’’’’我們民族’’’目’’ In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the West, men of the state which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and effort; of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes not to the man who desires mere easy peace but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. . . . As it is with the individual so it is with the nation. It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history. Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. If in 1861 the men who loved the Union had believed that peace was the end of all things and war and strife a worst of all things, and had acted up to their belief, we would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, we would have saved hundreds of millions of dollars. Moreover, besides saving all the blood and treasure we then lavished, we would have prevented the heartbreak of many women, the dissolution of many homes; and we would have spared the country those months of gloom and shame when it seemed as if our armies marched only to defeat. We would have avoided all this suffering simply by shrinking from strife. And if we had thus avoided it we would have shown that we were -weaklings and that we were unfit to stand among the great nations of the earth. Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers, the men who upheld the wisdom of Lincoln and bore sword or rifle in the armies of Grant! Let us, the children of the men who proved themselves equal to the mighty days― let us, the children of the men who carried the great Civil War to a triumphant conclusion, praise the God of our fathers that the ignoble counsels of peace were rejected, that the suffering and loss, the blackness of sorrow and despair, were unflinchingly faced and the years of strife endured; for in the end the slave was freed, the Union restored, and the mighty American Republic placed once more as a helmeted queen among nations. We of this generation do not have to face a task such as that our fathers faced, but we have our tasks, and -woe to us if we fail to perform them! We cannot, if we would, play the part of China, and be content to rot by inches in ignoble ease within our borders, taking no interest in what goes on beyond them; sunk in a scrambling commercialism; heedless of the higher life, the life of aspiration, of toil and risk; busying ourselves only with the wants of our bodies for the day; until suddenly we should find, beyond a shadow of question, what China has already found, that in this world the nation that has trained itself to a career of unwarlike and isolated ease is bound in the end to go down before other nations which have not lost the manly and adventurous qualities. If we are to be a really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill. Last year we could not help being brought face to face with the problem of war with Spain. All we could decide was whether we should shrink like cowards from the contest or enter into it as beseemed a brave and high-spirited people; and, once in, whether failure or success should crown our banners. So it is now. We cannot avoid the responsibilities that confront us in Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. All we can decide is whether we shall meet them in a way that will redound to the national credit, or whether we shall make of our dealings with these new problems a dark and shameful page in our history. To refuse to deal with them at all merely amounts to dealing with them badly. We have a given problem to solve. If we undertake the solution there is, of course, always danger that we may not solve it aright, but to refuse to undertake the solution simply renders it certain that we cannot possibly solve it aright. The timid man, the lazy man, the man who distrusts his country, the overcivilized man, who has lost the great fighting, masterful virtues, the ignorant man and the man of dull mind, whose soul is incapable of feeling the mighty lift that thrills "stern men with empires in their brains"―all these, of course, shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties; shrink from seeing us build a navy and army adequate to our needs; shrink from seeing us do our share of the world's work by bringing order out of chaos in the great, fair tropic islands from which the valor of our soldiers and sailors has driven the Spanish flag. These are the men who fear the strenuous life, who fear the only national life which is really worth leading. . . . I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavor. The twentieth century looms before us big with the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease, and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by and will win for themselves the domination of the world. Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified; for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness. ’ |