公众人物毕业演讲 第258期:斯蒂芬科尔伯特2013弗吉尼亚大学(11)

 And lay its foundation on such principles

新世界所根据的原则

and organizing its powers in such form as to you

及其组织权力的方式 务必使你们认为

shall seem most likely to affect your safety and happiness

唯有这样才最有可能保障你们的安全与幸福

and know

你们要知道

that though he wrote these words 237 years ago that

虽然他是在237年前写了这些文字

this generation no less than his generation

但这一代人并不逊于他那一代

has their own opportunity

这一代人具有自己的机会

to recognize and seize that moment

能够认出并抓住时机

when in the course of human events it becomes necessary

在人类历史事件的进程中有必要这样做时

for one people

当一个民族

to dissolve the bands that have connected them with another

有必要解除其与另一民族相连接的桎梏

and to assume among the powers of the earth

并按照自然法则

you're separate and equal station

接受独立和平等的地位

and for the support of this, mutually pledge to each other

为了支持这一点 你们要以

your lives, your fortune, and your sacred honor

你们的生活 你们的财产 你们神圣的荣誉宣誓

If anyone can do this

如果说有任何人可以做到

it's the graduates of the university that Jefferson founded

首当其冲的自然是杰斐逊所创建的大学里的毕业生

you are his intellectual heirs

你们是他智慧的继承人

In fact, some of you may be his actual heirs

实际上 你们有些人可能是他的实际继承人

We're still testing the DNA

我们还在鉴定DNA

So thank you for this honor

感谢今天给我的这份荣誉

and congratulations to the class of 2013

恭喜你们 2013届毕业生们

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