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勒尼’’’’
(LEARNED HAND)
’由’精’
The
Spirit of Liberty
’由’精’’’對’’’正’不’有把握’精’’
雖’勒尼’’’’(1872－1961)’未’最高’’任職’’’’’’’國歷’’最偉’’’’之’’’生’’’’爾’尼’’’’’學’’’’學’畢’’
勒尼’’’’’’’1909’’任’’’邦’’’接著’1924’’’’國’’’’’’1939’1951’’’’’該’’’首’’’’’’’’學’智’’對民’原’’’’’’成’’國最有’’’’’之’’
1944’5月21日’’’’’應邀’’’市中央公園對’’’集’’講’’’“我’’個’國’日”’’’’’’’’戰關鍵’期’講話’’’’’’收’選集’
我們’集’’裏’’’種’’’’種對’’目’’’’’仰’’’’’身精’’’’’我們中有’’’選’’國’爲’’’國’’’’’’’做’’種選擇’’’’’’爲’原’’我們有’把’’’成’’個’’精選’’體’它’成Ⅸ’’’’’’裂’’’面對’’個陌生國’’’’’’’’’’’什麽目標’’我們’我們’’’做’’’選擇’’?
我們’’’由’不’壓迫’’由’’’’’’’由’’立’’’’由’我們當’’’’’目標’’’我們’’’’’’奮鬥’’’’’目標’當我們說我們首’’’’由’’候’’’著什麽’?
我’’’疑’我們’’對憲’’’’’’’’予’’’’望’’’’虛幻’’望’’’’’’’虛幻’’望’’由’’’’們’心中’’旦它’’們心中’’’’有任’憲’’’’’’’’’救它’’’’有任’憲’’’’’’’’予給它’’幫’’當’由’’’們心中’’’須憲’’’’’’’’’救它’那麽’’必須’’’’們心中’’由’竟’什麽’?
它不’’酷’情’不’’’’’志’不’’心’欲’’由’那’對’由’’’’’接導’’由’毀滅’倘’’’個’’中’們不’’對’們’’由應有’控’’那麽它’快’變成’個隻讓’’撮’’殘暴’’擁有’由’’’’對’’’我們’有’’’教’’
什麽’’由’精’?
我’’給它’’’’’’’’’們我’’’’’’’由’精’’’對’’’正’不’有把握’精’’’由’精’’’盡’’’解’’’見解’精’’’由’精’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’不’偏見’’考’’精’’’由’精’銘’’’’’隻麻雀落’’該引’’’’’由’精’’’’基督’精’’’’’’’’’之’教給’類’未學’’’’難忘’’課’有’’’’’個’國’’那裏’們對最偉’’’最渺’’不分’賤’’視’仁’’’’’’種精’’’’種’未’’’’’永不’有’’國’’惟’國’’’’’’’’’創’它’’’’有’精’’’’種’式’藏’我們’’心中’那個’國’精’’’我國’’輕’’’正爲之戰鬥’身’那個’國’精’’我請’’們’立’’我’’’’’’’對我們’’’國’’輝’’’’仰’
W e have
gathered here to affirm a faith, a faith in a common purpose, a common
conviction, a common devotion. Some of us have chosen America as the land of our
adoption; the rest have come from those who did the same. For this reason we
have some right to consider our-selves a picked group, a group of those who had
the courage to break from the past and brave the dangers and the loneliness of a
strange land. What was the object that nerved us, or those who went before us,
to this choice? We sought liberty; freedom from oppression, freedom from want,
freedom to be ourselves. This we then sought; this we now believe that we are by
way of winning. What do we mean when we say that first of all we seek liberty? I
often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon
laws and upon courts. "These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes.
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no
constitution, no law－,
no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help
it. While it lies there it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.
And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts of men and women? It is
not the ruthless, the unbridled will; it is not freedom to do as one likes. That
is the denial of liberty, and leads straight to its overthrow. A society in
which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where
freedom is the possession of only a savage few; as we have learned to our
sorrow.
What this is the spirit of liberty? I cannot define it; I can only tell you
my own faith. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it
is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the
minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs
their interests alongside its own without bias; the spirit of liberty remembers
that not even a sparrow falls to earth unheeded; the spirit of liberty is the
spirit of Him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it
has never learned, but has never quite forgotten; that there may be a kingdom
where the least shall be heard and considered side by side with the greatest.
And now in that spirit, that spirit of an America which has never been, and
which may never be; nay, which never will be except as the conscience and
courage of Americans create it; yet in the spirit of that America which lies
hidden in some form in the aspirations of us all; in the spirit of that America
for which our young men are at this moment fighting and dying; in that spirit of
liberty and of America I ask you to rise and with me pledge our faith in the
glorious destiny of our beloved country.
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