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1、责任-荣誉-国家道格拉斯•麦克阿瑟(DouglasMacArthur)重归西点军校接受西尔维纳斯•塞耶荣誉勋章时的演讲AsIwasleavingthehotelthismorning,adoormanaskedme,"Whereareyouboundfor,General?"Andwhen1replied,"WestPoint,"heremarked,''Beautifulplace・Haveyoueverbeentherebefore?"今天早晨,当我走出旅馆时,看门人问道:“将军,您上哪去?”一听说我要去西点,
2、他说:“那是个好地方,您从前去过吗?”Nohumanbeingcouldfailtobedeeplymovedbysuchatributeasthis[ThayerAward]・ComingfromaprofessionIhaveservedsolong,andapeopleIhavelovedsowell,itfillsmewithanemotionIcannotexpress・Butthisawardisnotintendedprimarilytohonorapersonality,buttosymbolize
3、agreatmoralcode一一thecodeofconductandchivalryofthosewhoguardthisbelovedlandofcultureandancientdescent.Thatistheanimationofthismedallion.Foralleyesandforalltime,itisanexpressionoftheethiesoftheAmericansoldier・ThatIshouldbeintegratedinthiswaywithsonobleanidealaro
4、usesasenseofprideandyetofhumilitywhichwillbewithmealways:Duty,Honor,Country.这样的荣誉是没有人不受感动的。长期以来,我从事这个职业,乂如此热爱这个民族,能获得这样的荣誉简直使我无法表达我的感情。然而,这种奖赏主要并不意味着对个人的尊崇,而是象征一个伟大的道徳准则——捍卫这块可爱土地上的文化与古老传统的那些人的行为与品质的准则。这就是这个大奖章的意义。无论现在还是将来,它都是美国军人道德标准的一种体现。我一定耍遵循这个标准,结合崇高的理想,唤
5、起自豪感,同时始终保持谦虚……责任-荣誉-国家。Thosethreehallowedwordsreverentlydictatewhatyououghttobe,whatyoucanbe,whatyouwillbe.Theyareyourrallyingpoints:tobuildcouragewhencourageseemstofail;toregainfaithwhenthereseemstobelittiecauseforfaith:tocreatehopewhenhopebecomesforlorn.这三个
6、神圣的名词庄严地提醒你应该成为怎样的人,可能成为怎样的人,一定要成为怎样的人。它们将使你精神振奋,在你似乎丧失勇气时鼓起勇气,似乎没有理由相信时重建信念,儿乎绝望时产生希望Unhappily,Ipossessneitherthateloquenceofdiction,thatpoetryofimagination,northatbrillianceofmetaphortotellyouallthattheymean・Theunbelieverswillsaytheyarebutwords,butaslogan,bu
7、taflamboyantphrase・Everypedant,everydemagogue,everycynic,everyhypocrite,everytroublemaker,andIamsorrytosay,someothersofanentirelydifferentcharacter,willtrytodowngradethemeventotheextentofmockeryandridicule・遗憾的很,我既没有雄辩的词令、诗意的想象,也没有华丽的隐喻向你们说明它们的意义。怀疑者一定要说它们只不过是几
8、个名词,一句口号,一个空洞的短语。每一个迂腐的学究,每一个蛊惑人心的政客,每一个玩世不恭的人,每一个伪君子,每一个惹是生非Z徒,很遗憾,还有其他个性不甚正常的人,一定企图贬低它们,甚至对它们进行愚弄和嘲笑。Butthesearesomeofthethingstheydo.Theybuildyourbasiccharacter.Theymoldyouforyo
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