A human life, I think, should be well rooted in some spot of a native land, where it may

人的生命，我想……应该扎根于家乡的某个地方。

get love of tender kinship for the face of the earth, for the labors men go forth to, for the sounds

因为只有在那里才能感受到土地中….那深沉且温柔的血脉。因为那些奋斗的人们，那萦绕

accents that haunt it, for whatever will give that early home a familiar unmistakable difference

在耳边的乡音. 因为当你未来见多实广时。仍能想起自己早年的家乡那熟悉特殊的感情。

amidst the future widening of knowledge. The best introduction to astronomy is to think of nightly

天文学最绝妙之处，就是无数繁星

heaven as a little lot of stars belonging to one’s own homestead.

都属于同一个夜空，同一个家乡。

George Eliot 乔治.艾略特

 

War is sum of all evils.战争是所有邪恶的总和。

But if I know myself, and all I am and all I have….但是只要我了解自己，我整个的自我。

is at the service of my home, my country.都将奉献给我的家乡，我的祖国。

 

MR. president, gentlemen of the convention主席先生，本次与会的先生们。I am profoundly impressed by the solemnity of the occasion 这肃静的场合深深触动了我。For which I must say I was not prepared 我必须得承认我毫无准备。I accept the position assigned me by your partiality. 我接受大家的厚爱，给我这个职位。I would have much preferred had your choice fallen on an abler man我本希望，能将此职务委任给更佳的人选。But trusting to Almighty God, an approving conscience但是我相信，全能的上帝和我的求善之心 and aid of my fellow citizens以及支持我的民众们 I devote myself to the service of my native state我将全身投入到本周的服务中去。in whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword.为了崇高的理想，我会再次拿起手中的剑。

 

We must not fear of final result of this war, but a many a loved one will fall.我们绝不恐惧于战争，但战争总有人牺牲。And many a heart throb with anguish会有很多惊心动魄，令人痛苦的时刻before we can breathe the exhilarating atmosphere of freedom and feel sweet assurance of safety and peace once more.在我们真正呼吸自由空气之前 感受和平与安全保障之前到来 There is nothing in this life more dear to me than my children这一生，没有什么比我的孩子更令我感到欣慰except perhaps the memory of your wonderful father或许除了记忆中完美的父亲之外When you go to Richmond and wherever this war takes you到了列支文，无论此次战争把你带往何处 you must not fear for us. We will be with you wherever you go你都不必担心我们，我们将与你同在。Surely, goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life.显然，我的一生，仁慈和怜悯随时跟随者我。