The Gettysburg AddressGettysburg, PennsylvaniaNovember 19, 1863 On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called it a "monumental act." He said Lincoln was mistaken that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." Rather, the Bostonian remarked, "The world noted at once what he said, and will never cease to remember it. The battle itself was less important than the speech." |
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address
亞伯拉罕．林肯
蓋茨堡演講詞
偉大的蓋茨堡戰役於一八六三年七月在這個賓夕法尼亞小鎮的街上及其周圍地區持續了三天之久，此次戰役是內戰的轉捩點。國會決定把這一片曾有許多英勇戰士犧牲生命的戰場建為國家公墓。林肯總統親自從華盛頓前來為此墓地舉行揭幕禮。他在一八六三年十一月十九日所發表的獻詞雖然很短，但卻是所有闡釋民主信念的最雄辯動人的演詞之一。
八十七年以前，我們的祖先在這大陸上建立了一個新的國家，它孕育於自由，並且獻身給一種理念，即所有人都是生來平等的。
當前，我們正在從事一次偉大的內戰，我們在考驗，究竟這個國家，或任何一個有這種主張和這種信仰的國家，是否能長久存在。我們在那次戰爭的一個偉大的戰場上集合。我們來到這裡，奉獻那個戰場上的一部分土地，作為在此地為那個國家的生存而犧牲了自己生命的人永久眠息之所。我們這樣做，是十分合情合理的。
可是，就更深一層意義而言，我們是無從奉獻這片土地的－－ 無從使它成為聖地－－也不可能把它變為人們景仰之所。那些在這裡戰鬥的勇士，活著的和死去的，已使這塊土地神聖化了，遠非我們的菲薄能力所能左右。世人會不大注意，更不會長久記得我們在此地所說的話，然而他們將永遠忘不了這些人在這裡所做的事。相反，我們活著的人應該獻身於那些曾在此作戰的人們所英勇推動而尚未完成的工作。我們應該在此獻身於我們面前所留存的偉大工作－－由於他們的光榮犧牲，我們要更堅定地致力於他們曾作最後全部貢獻的那個事業－－我們在此立志誓願，不能讓他們白白死去－－要使這個國家在上帝庇佑之下，得到新生的自由－－要使那民有、民治、民享的政府不致從地球上消失。
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林肯的蓋茲堡演說
在八十七年前，我們的國父們在這塊土地上創建一個新的國家，乃基於對自由的堅信，並致力於所有男人皆生而平等的信念。〔註：father在此應避免有血緣的聯想。在當時的人，尤其是在政治上，沒有男女平等的觀念，men指的是男人，而且沒有說出來的還是白種男人而已。為求忠實，不應將其視為人類的通稱。）（基於當時社會文化，故也可看作「凡人皆生而平等」。）
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
當下吾等被捲入一場偉大的內戰，以考驗是否此國度，或任何肇基於和奉獻於斯者，可永垂不朽。吾等現相逢於此戰中一處浩大戰場。而吾等將奉獻此戰場之部分，作為這群交付彼者生命讓那國度勉能生存的人們最後安息之處。此乃全然妥切且適當而為吾人應行之舉。
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
但，於更大意義之上，吾等無法致力、無法奉上、無法成就此土之聖。這群勇者，無論生死，曾於斯奮戰到底，早已使其神聖，而遠超過吾人卑微之力所能增減。這世間不曾絲毫留意，也不長久記得吾等於斯所言，但永不忘懷彼人於此所為。吾等生者，理應當然，獻身於此輩鞠躬盡瘁之未完大業。吾等在此責無旁貸獻身於眼前之偉大使命：自光榮的亡者之處吾人肩起其終極之奉獻—吾等在此答應亡者之死當非徒然—此國度，於神佑之下，當享有自由之新生—民有、民治、民享之政府當免於凋零。
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
注釋： Of the people, By the people, For the people ——
為(wéi)人民所擁有的，被人民所選出的，為(wèi)人民而服務的 —— 民有、民治、民享。
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