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《林肯的第二任總統(tǒng)就職演說及精評(píng)》由會(huì)員上傳分享，免費(fèi)在線閱讀，更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在教育資源-天天文庫。
1、林肯的第二任總統(tǒng)就職演說??這篇演說的講稿是人類歷史上最偉大的演說詞，永久地刻在了林肯紀(jì)念堂里，英文原文是：?Atthissecondappearingtotaketheoathofthepresidentialoffice，thereislessoccasionforanextendedaddressthantherewasatthefirst.Thenastatement，somewhatindetail，ofacoursetobepursued，seemedfittingandproper.Now，attheexpirationoffouryears，duringw
2、hichpublicdeclarationshavebeenconstantlycalledforthoneverypointandphaseofthegreatcontestwhichstillabsorbstheattention，andengrossestheenergiesofthenation，littlethatisnewcouldbepresented.Theprogressofourarms，uponwhichallelsechieflydepends，isaswellknowntothepublicastomyself;anditis，Itrust，re
3、asonablysatisfactoryandencouragingtoall.Withhighhopeforthefuture，nopredictioninregardtoitisventured.?Ontheoccasioncorrespondingtothisfouryearsago，allthoughtswereanxiouslydirectedtoanimpendingcivilwar.Alldreadedit--allsoughttoavertit.Whiletheinaugeraladdresswasbeingdeliveredfromthisplace，d
4、evotedaltogethertosavingtheUnionwithoutwar，insurgentagentswereinthecityseekingtodestroyitwithoutwar--seekingtodissoletheUnion，anddivideeffects，bynegotiation.Bothpartiesdeprecatedwar;butoneofthemwouldmakewarratherthanletthenationsurvive;andtheotherwouldacceptwarratherthanletitperish.Andthe
5、warcame.?Oneeighthofthewholepopulationwerecoloredslaves，notdistributedgenerallyovertheUnion，butlocalizedintheSouthernpartofit.Theseslavesconstitutedapeculiarandpowerfulinterest.Allknewthatthisinterestwas，somehow，thecauseofthewar.Tostrengthen，perpetuate，andextendthisinterestwastheobjectfor
6、whichtheinsurgentswouldrendtheUnion，evenbywar;whilethegovernmentclaimednorighttodomorethantorestricttheterritorialenlargementofit.Neitherpartyexpectedforthewar，themagnitude，ortheduration，whichithasalreadyattained.Neitheranticipatedthatthecauseoftheconflictmightceasewith，orevenbefore，theco
7、nflictitselfshouldcease.?Eachlookedforaneasiertriumph，andaresultlessfundamentalandastounding.BothreadthesameBible，andpraytothesameGod;andeachinvokesHisaidagainsttheother.ItmayseemstrangethatanymenshoulddaretoaskajustGod'sassistanceinwringingtheirbreadfromthesweatofo
