無意中發現才高八斗的中國網友東東槍把歐巴馬勝選感言翻譯成的文言文，實在是太強了！看完有沒有發現讀中文居然會比英文還吃力，而有久習英文，方知中文之艱深的感慨？
順便附上朱學恆為歐巴馬勝選夜演講配白話中文字幕的影片：
美國總統歐巴馬（Barack Obama）勝選夜演講（上）
美國總統歐巴馬（Barack Obama）勝選夜演講（下）
中國網友東東槍的文言文譯文：Hello，Chicago!
芝城父老，別來無恙，
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
余嘗聞世人有疑，不知當今美利堅凡事皆可成就耶？開國先賢之志方巋然於世耶？民主之偉力不減於昔年耶？凡存諸疑者，今夕當可釋然。
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
今夕之釋然，皆蒙美利堅民衆之協力——學塾祠廟之外，市井鄉野之間，萬千父老心焦似焚，苦待竟日，願獻一票之力。其中，平生未嘗涉國事者，數亦不少，而今有此義舉，皆因一念不衰——今夫天下，非同既往，願發籲天之聲，必成動地之勢。
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
今夕之釋然，皆仰吾國同胞之齊心——何談貧富老幼之差、黨社宗族之異，惶論發膚肌體之別、志趣愛惡之分。吾國既以「合衆」為名，吾輩則更無疏離之意，紅藍二黨并肩而立，數十邦州挽手相合，無分你我，共稱一家，昂然於世，齊聲一呼，天下乃有此釋然。
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
今夕之釋然，皆因憤懣者之鎮靜，憂懼者之勇氣，猶疑者之篤定——平素世間種種，消磨其志向，潰滅其夢想，而值此風雲之際，除舊更新，當仁不讓，傾力而動乾坤者，更何人哉！
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.
俟之誠久，其志彌堅。幸天地明察，乃有今日，乃有此刻，乃有此一選舉，乃有我億萬美利堅大好國民——吾邦之大變革，方得自茲而始也！
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen. McCain.
Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
頃接參議員麥君凱恩電，雖未得晤，幸有一談，其言諄諄，其意誠誠，鄙人感佩之至。選戰期內，麥君勞碌幾重，奔波幾許，皆為國家計。諸般求索，時日良多，皆非余所能及。於國於民之驚人犧牲，亦非庸庸如吾輩者所可想見。以麥君之膽魄襟懷，能為吾邦所用，實國家之幸，萬民之幸也。前途漫漫，其事未竟，余所盼矚由衷者，唯共麥凱恩君、佩林君，及諸賢士比肩，會吾等之綿力，成吾邦之大業。
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
喬君拜登，亦吾所感銘至深者也。競選之業，艱險不足與外人道，幸有喬君之輔佐，其誠天可鑒之。喬君其人，素言懇辭切，意篤情真，蓋嘗經斯蘭克頓街鄉鄰之提命，飽聆特拉華州父老之晤教也。他日余既登總統之位，喬君必當副之。
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.
拙荊米氏，追隨鄙人凡一十六年，既為愛侶，更為摯友，既為吾闔家之基石，又乃余終生之至愛。鄙人嘗自忖度，倘無賢妻若此，今朝闊論高談於此處者，不知何人矣！
Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the new White House.
小女薩沙、瑪麗，余素深喜之。昔日為父嘗與汝等言，此番選戰若得一勝，願購小犬一頭相贈，待闔家喬遷總統府邸之日，偕汝等同進吾宅。今當勝負已出，既有一諾在前，必自踐行不欺也。
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
祖母大人雖已仙逝，料必有靈在天，俯察人寰，想應頷首開顔矣。吾奧巴馬氏列祖列宗，亦當如是。今日今時，此情此景，鄙人追思之心，烏鳥之情，曷其有極！唯生死陌路，仙凡有別，雖懷反哺之心，而無答報之門也！
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
至若瑪雅、艾瑪二姐妹，以及吾家諸同胞，所惠我者，亦屬良多，久沐恩德，此當拜謝。
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best — the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
大衛•普勞夫君，大衛•阿克塞羅德君，一為鄙人競選事務之經理，一為鄙人國事韜略之智囊。余嘗自喟嘆，左右謀士，余所仰賴者，皆亘古未見之賢才。普阿二君，則更此中之翹楚。區區不才，有何德能，可得膀臂若此？當此功成之際，感荷之心，亦自拳拳。
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
至於鄙人銘之肺腑，須臾不敢忘懷者，則諸位也。蓋今日鄙人之勝績，實諸位之勝績，鄙人之榮光，實諸位之榮光！
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
余素樸陋，雖有參選之心，并無必勝之志。謀事之初，銀資乏匱，從者寥寥；起事之地，皆蔽寓荒齋，不在高閣；成事之基，無非尋常百姓，涓滴之獻。
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
今日之勝，有賴一衆熱血青年，拋其家，別其室，不辭其苦，不計其酬，矻矻於此——「國中青年愛國之心已泯」之謬論，今可休矣！今日之勝，有賴壯志未已之諸前輩，無懼寒暑，行走奔波，勸說民衆。今日之勝，乃數百萬美利堅民衆之勝，察其意，皆屬踴躍為國，觀其行，處處謹嚴有序，足堪告慰二百年前開國之先賢——民有、民治、民享之政體，未嘗動搖也！
This is your victory.
嗟夫！此實諸位之功也！
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
余知諸君之意非在此一選舉，亦非在鄙人一身。蓋瞻前路之艱辛，益知此任非同小可也。雖今夕歡賀於此，而明朝酒醒，大患仍自當前，不容有怠——兩地烽煙熊熊而起，四海之內紛紛而亂，金融業界惶惶而不得寧。
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education. There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
是夜，飲宴笙歌之聲不絕於耳，而異邦大漠群山中，吾國大好青年，兀自苦戍邊塞，惝恍竟夜，性命尚未得安。吾國千萬庶民，為人父母者，兀自惴惴難眠，所憂者，乃房宅所貸、病患之費、撫育之資也。至若吾國能源之耗，百業之興，庠序之教，攻伐之術，懷遠之道，亦皆吾等忡忡掛懷者也。
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there.
渺渺乎其遠，如不可達，危危乎其高，若不可攀。朝夕歲月，焉得成就？余不揣愚鈍，願以四載韶華，付諸此業，勝算何如雖不可知，然昂揚必勝之奇志，成就偉業之壯懷，平生未之有也。君子一諾，其重何如，此地今夕，願鬥膽發一狂言——吾輩既在，其事必成！
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
逶迤坎坷，份內之事。異見爭端，料必有之。國中之政府，諒非無所不能者。余所秉承不移者，唯忠信矣。倘有危難於前，必無欺瞞於世。諸君言論臧否，縱悖逆相左之議，余必當洗耳以聆。於此之外，更當懇請諸君，不吝心血，致力報效，以振吾美利堅重興之業。余亦別無他想，唯盼吾儕協力，延繼吾國既肇二百二十一年之大統，匯涓滴之力，而成萬世之業。
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
昔年冬日，余有志於斯，投身此業，屈指算來，倏然近二載矣。當此秋夜，追思反省，仍無潰退逃亡之意。選戰之勝，無非一役之功，余夢寐所思矢志所求者，非在乎此。溯源究本，此役之勝，不過革世變時一大好良機耳。倘止步於斯，垂手而待，或無諸君傾力相援，則壯志豐功，無非泡影，諸般夢想，終必虛妄。
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other. Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people.
愛國之心，報國之念，吾人固有之，然逢今日之世，此心此念亦當一變——吾輩各執己業，益當各竭其力，各盡其命，非但為一己之利，而更期普世之榮。今歲，金融業界動蕩多舛，細審觀之，當可以之為鑒——實業之損，亦是金融之傷。可知，既在邦域之內，吾輩榮辱休戚，皆相與共矣！
Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.Those are values that we all share.
黨爭紛紜，陰謀卑鄙，愚魯無知，皆腐蝕清白、惑亂政局之弊也，其緣由已久，余今願與諸君協力，共滅除之。昔年曾有此郡先賢，執共和黨之幟，而掌總統府之權。自強獨立，自由統一等信念，皆斯人之所倡，亦吾輩之所宗。
And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
今歲選戰，吾民主黨人幸有一勝，然謙遜和合之心未嘗少減。余素信服者，乃山河破碎之際，林肯總統之言——「既是至親，終不為敵。雖弩張劍拔，而血脈未嘗斷，情義不少減。」
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
固然，仍有四方志士，不為鄙人所動，另有高明之選。雖終慳此一票之緣，然諸君高論，余亦聲聲在耳，字字在心。倘能得諸君之援手，鄙人幸甚。他日待余總而統之，亦必不另眼以待也。
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
吾邦民衆，散居天下，各安其命，而其志一也。吾邦鼎盛之勢，今已乍現鋒芒。
To those — to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
至於心懷叵測，與世人為仇、與天下為敵者，吾邦猛志常在，彼等必取滅亡。心思純良，久慕大同者，吾輩當傾力以助，鼎力相援。猶疑未定，不知吾自由之邦興衰如何者，吾輩願以今日盛況以告之——美利堅之所以謂之「美」者，非刀兵之強，金銀之衆，實民主、自由、機遇、夢想之美也！
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
天自有道，地自有德，恩賦吾邦無上異禀——無他，唯變而已矣。美利堅變革不怠，合衆國日趨盡善。當以過往先賢之偉績，助吾儕今日之雄心，開子孫萬世之輝光。
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
今歲選戰，多開亘古之先，屢傳千秋佳話。感我至深者，亞特蘭大之老嫗安•尼克松•庫帕也——庫氏之一票，於數百萬美利堅民衆之選票無異，其所以引人稱奇者，其人今歲高齡一百有六矣。
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
當其父輩之時，天道不彰，黑人為奴。庫氏其生也不逢時，汽車尚不行於道，飛機未曾起於空，庫氏既屬黑人，又系女流，票選一事，概無瓜葛。
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
今日今時，回溯庫氏百歲之涯，但見吾邦先賢屢敗屢戰，且退且進，悲欣交集，甘苦雜陳。幸而正道存焉，壯志存焉，曰：吾輩既在，無所不能。
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
萬馬齊喑，其事堪哀，吾邦女界怒而起，憤而爭，苦戰不歇，歷數十載。幸哉庫氏，以百歲之高齡，終得親見女流自立於世，重獲天賦之權——吾輩既在，無所不能！
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
當百業蕭條，國人絕望哀鳴之際，庫氏親見吾美利堅出曠世之新政，挽狂瀾於既倒，扶大廈之將傾，退畏懼之勢，扶奮勇之心，終至人各有位，民心乃安——吾輩既在，無所不能！
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
當吾國良港遭襲，天下桀紂當道，暴政肆虐之時，庫氏親見豪傑群起，民主不衰——吾輩既在，無所不能！
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
蒙哥馬利公車之罷輟，伯明翰城黑人之群起，塞爾瑪城血雨腥風之事，庫氏般般親歷。更曾親聆亞特蘭大傳教之士振臂登高之呼——「吾等必勝！」誠哉斯言！吾輩既在，無所不能！
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.
俟科學昌明於世，創想通貫一時，既登廣寒之闕，又潰柏林之墻。洋洋乎！有百年如是，乃見今歲選戰中，庫氏之一票。浩浩兮！一百零六載交鋒更迭，方有美利堅今日之變革——吾輩既在，無所不能！
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves — if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
轉眼興亡過手，而今邁步從頭。追昔撫今，不禁捫心而問——俟再歷百年歲月，倘吾等後輩兒孫，亦有得享高壽如庫氏者，複可見何等之變數？吾輩今日之功，他年可得而見之乎？
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
所謂天命時運，莫過於此——當為吾邦萬民造安身立命之業，為吾輩兒孫啓各顯雄才之門，為寰宇各國創太平靜好之世，為吾等壯志賦千秋不滅之元神。吾邦立國之本，必將光耀於天下。萬千同胞，當如一人，一息尚存，夢想不滅。縱有世人旁觀在側，而疑竇生焉，吾輩亦當以千秋不易之訓共答之曰——吾輩既在，無所不能！
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
拜謝諸君。願天佑吾民，天佑吾邦。
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其實這不能算是真正的文言文吧，比較接近清末民初的文體，但是確實很厲害
據說那位網友是彷傚林語堂用北京口語翻譯《美國獨立宣言》的精神來譯歐巴馬的勝選感言。
這就是林語堂譯的《美國獨立宣言》和英文原文：
咱們國事亂到這般田地，叫咱們不得不跟（英國）皇上分家，自起爐灶，除了老天爺以外，誰也不要管誰，所以這會子總應向大家交個賬，說個明白，叫人家懂得這是怎麼一回事，別疑心了咱們是在做什麼坑崩拐騙蒙的好勾當。
咱們不會歪纏，就是這麼幾名話。一則，你我大家比起人家都是一只鼻子兩只眼楮，不認輸誰，說不定比人家還強的多著呢；二則，誰也別想貶卻咱們的身分資格；三則，一個人要怎麼活就可以怎麼活，要怎麼玩就可以怎麼玩，要到哪兒去就可以到哪兒去，只要不礙著旁人就得了。
什麼鳥政府不放咱們這樣，便是王八蛋。
還有，老百姓要什麼政府就可自己做主，不干人家的鳥事。什麼政府不給咱們這樣就得滾他的蛋，再扶一個出來頂替。固然，象那些南美洲的傻子渾人，或者象什麼共產黨，天天革命，也不成個樣子。或者衙門里老爺一做岔了事便革一回命，也是不成的。有時候，老爺們吞款舞弊，作惡為非，咱們閉著眼兒裝不見，比起傻子渾人共產黨天天革命還好，你只要不是什麼無來由的，還能說聲不是嗎？但是國事混亂到這個分兒，一個人什麼身分兒都沒有了，任人當奴才看，到這會子，大家就得合攏來革那些狗官僚的命兒，另叫一班人來，給監視著，不讓他們大模大樣干他們偷雞的勾當。咱們十三州老百姓就是這麼一句話，罪受夠了，再混也混不下去。
當今皇上喬治登基以來，政事就是一團糟，誰不服氣來同他辦交涉，就是一把拳頭叫你吃，這還有什麼天理麼？咱們同算一下賬給你瞧。
咱們一體通過的條陳，他總批駁下來，咱們人人反對的條例，他倒給欽此了。
咱們有什麼呈文，非他親眼瞧過不成，呈文一上去，他卻向口袋里一放，裝著忘了，你同他提起，只給你一個不睬。
人家到宮里去呈請他立個新法，他就是這麼一套︰要末，把議會封起來，讓他稱孤道寡，孤行己意，不然，便是一個行，兩個不行。
他叫議會到那兒嶺外天邊三家村上去開會，樂得沒人肯去，讓他去一意橫行霸道。
議員去找他，說什麼好歹，他就是一溜不見，送他們回家。
議院封了，要叫開又不肯開，政事沒人管，成個無法無天的天下。
他哄人家不要來咱們十三州。誰要來，也不讓有報紙看，人家一看也不肯來了，就是來了，也不給田地，不得不回去，有的索性就不來。
他跟法官通同作弊，就不肯出錢多用幾個官吏，人家有案子，三年兩載還不見個動靜，不發下來，只好認倒霉空手回去。
法官有什麼不順從他的意旨，就得滾蛋，官俸又不發，叫他們先來孝敬老天爺，不然也別想拿一個大子。
高興起了，就添了什麼司什麼員，安排一些不見經傳的人小，錢向咱們老百姓腰包里拿，不管你情願不情願。
一個好好的太平天下，養了一大班丘八，驚擾百姓，咱們怎麼抗議也沒用。
他放著這些丘八作惡為非，橫行霸道，不掛腰刀的人只好听他們排比。
他放貪官污吏到處作孽，一朝權在手，無惡不作，干起以下的事來︰
叫一些毫無用處人人討厭的丘八駐扎民家里。
丘八殺人，便做個圈套，放他們逍遙法外。
管人家的事。
征苛捐雜稅，也不問一問咱們繳的稅項有個繳稅的道理沒有。
把人捉將官里去，人家要叫百姓陪審，不讓陪審。
把人無端趕出國外，事案是此地發的，叫人家到天邊海外去受審。
放幾個壞蛋充我們鄰國的官員，慢慢的擴展，希望有一天把咱們也吞下去，同他們一般腐敗。
把憲法當做把戲，人人說好沒人說壞的法律，他偏取消，讓他一人去瞎干。
他把議院關了門，就象他一個人獨干比別人干得好。
現在一不做二不休，索性跟咱們開戰，咱們還認什麼皇上，做什麼臣子？
他把城也燒了，人也殺了，比狗還不如，在海上還要興師問罪。
他雇些荷蘭雜種來打咱們，教他們只要打得過咱們，可以隨意搶掠，什麼萬國公法都不顧了。
咱們自己人在海上給他捉去，不管願意不願意，就迫著拿起槍把殺咱們同胞。
他唆使印第安生番，給他們槍火，教他們打死咱們的男女老少。
每回他這樣干，咱們就不服同他反抗，每回咱們不服同他反抗，他還是照舊這樣干下去。一個人老是這樣蠻橫不講理，還有什麼身分，就是不配來管咱們有身分人，應當滾蛋。
咱們向英國人講理，總是不得要領。差不多天天咱們忠告他們，他們那邊那些官僚違法越權，侵犯咱們。咱們老同他們講，咱們是誰，咱們在做什麼事，咱們為什麼過海而來。咱們同他們講公道，告訴他們，如果長此下去，咱們有一天要自己做自己打算，他們才知道利害。但是越和他們講理，越無理可講。可以見得他們不跟咱們一伙兒，就是同咱們為難，咱們就得同他們拚個高低，打完了再做道理。
因此，咱們決定，咱們代表十三州府的百姓在議會上議決︰咱們合眾國就是以前的十三州府，從此以後是自由國，照理就早該如此；咱們不認皇上，同他一刀兩斷，再也不听英國人的吩咐；咱們既然自由，自由國能干什麼咱們就能干什麼，尤重要的是宣戰、議和、營商等等。咱們拿聖經罰咒，大家一心一力，有首有尾，不顧利害，不論成敗，不計吉凶，就是財破人亡，到斷頭台上，還是這樣做去。
The Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4,
1776 THE UNANIMOUS
DECLARATION OF THE
THIRTEEN UNITED
STATES OF AMERAICA
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws Nature and Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that they are among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among them, deriving their just power from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than t right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity, which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is usurpations, all having in direct object tyranny over these States. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.]
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasion on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolution, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without and convulsion within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws of naturalizing of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the condition of new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent of laws for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their office, and the amount and payment of their salary.
He has erected a multitude of new officers, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out our substances.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation.
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us;
For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murder which they should commit on the inhabitants of these States.
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world;
For imposing taxes on us without our consent;
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury;
For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses;
For abolishing the free systems of English laws in a neighboring Province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule these Colonies;
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments;
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely parallel in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrection amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petition have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpation, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them., as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled , appealing to the supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by authority of the good people of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United States Colonies and Independent States; that they are absolved by from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
讀完好熱血啊 XDDDD
是啊^^
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