着应战以增强我们的力量,维护我们一贯的行动准则以扩大我们的影响。
威氏亦今日不可多得之理想家也。其所持政治思想,可讲为西方文明最高之产儿。其人欲以道德为内政,以道德为外交,吾所谓“一致”者是也。其训词之结语尤有精彩,录之如下:
I close, as I began, by reminding you of the great tasks and duties of peace which challenge our best powers and invite us to build what will last, the tasks to which we can address ourselves now and at all times with freehearted zest and with all the finest gifts of constructive wisdom we possess. To develop our life and our resources; to supply our own people, and the people of the world as their need arises, from the abundant plenty of our fields and our marts of trade; to enrich the commerce of our own States and of the world with the products of our mines, our farms, and our factories, with the creations of our thought and the fruits of our character,—this is what will hold our attention and our enthusiasm steadly, now and in the years to come, as we strive to show in our life as a nation what liberty and the inspirations of an emancipated spirit may do for man and for societies, for individuals, for states, and for mankind.
就像我开始说过的,在结束之前,我要提醒诸位,伟大的任务与和平的责任要求我们付出最大的力量,召唤我们去建设持久的和平。我们现在以及将来都要为它付出我们火一样的热情,杰出的才能和创造的智慧。改善我们的生活,开发我们的资源,向丰茂的田野和贸易市场索取,供应我们的人民以及全世界的人民以满足他们日益增长的需求。以我们的矿山、农场和工厂的产品,以我们思想的结晶,以我们的才干造就的成果去丰富我国及全世界的贸易。现在以至将来,这些都将不断要求我们去注意并为之付出热情。我们力求在我们的生活中表现出来,作为一个国家,其自由和具有鼓舞性的精神解放将对社会、个人、国家以及人类作出伟大的贡献。
使世界各国之为政者皆若威尔逊然,则此空前之恶战决不致出现于二十世纪之中也。
美国今得威氏为主,辅以白来恩(Wm. J. Bryan,亦今日之理想家),故得逍遥局外,不与闻战事。若罗斯福在白宫,则国事未可知矣。
【打 印】 【来源:读书之家-dushuzhijia.com】