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第三十篇:First Inaugural Address(Excerpts) 就职演讲(节选) First Inaugural Address We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning; signifying renewal, as well as change
[00:01.94]Randy Pausch Inspires Graduates [00:06.37]I am glad to be here today, Hell, [00:10.80]I am glad to be anywhere today. [00:12.62]President Cohon asked me to come [00:15.25]and give the charge to the graduates. I assure you, [00:18.32]it's no
Three O' Cat Is Still a Game by Lillian Bueno Mccue What do I believe? What laws do I live by? There are so many answers - work, beauty, truth, love - and I hope I do live by them. But in everyday things I live by the light of a supplementary set of
I Wish I Could believe by C. Day Lewis The best lack all conviction, While the worst are full of passionate intesity. Those two lines of Yeats for me sum up the matter as it stands today when the very currency of belief seems debased. I was brought u
The Only Way to Make a Friend By Herbert Lehman So many things affect a mans philosophy and his life that I find it difficult to put into words my personal beliefs. I hesitate to speak of them publicly for fear of giving the appearance of preaching.
Inspiration from a Drainpipe By Mrs. John G. Lee I think the most profound influence in my life was my father. He was an inventor and a scientist with a most inquisitive mind. He loved and was greatly stimulated by the beauty and the design he found
Matisse and the Music of Discontent By Andre Kostelanetz On Easter Sunday, 1945, the last year of the war, my wife and I were in Marseilles. We had just arrived for four days rest, after a tour of entertaining the troops in Burma. It was a wonderful
The Light of a Bright Day By Helen Keller I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma. By faith I mean a vision of good one cherishes and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its fulfillment regardless of obstacles. F
The Soundest Investment of All by C. Jared Ingersoll I feel very presumptuous and uncomfortable about trying to explain out loud the things I believe in. But I do think that all human problems are in some way related to each other, so perhaps if peop
The Greeks Had an Answer by Gilbert Murray In trying to say what I really believe, I cannot recite one of the traditional creeds, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or the like. Most of us are born into one of them, and which it is depends simply o
The Hidden Vitality of Human Beings by Newbold Morris What has been the most appealing part of the development of the American Dream? Well, to some of us, perhaps, the most dramatic phase of our development has been the ceaseless energy of the pionee
A New Control of Destiny by Margaret Mead Children used to play a game of pointing at someone, suddenly saying, What are you? Some people answered by saying, I am a human being, or by nationality or by religion. When this question was put to me by a
I See No Doom Down an Alley我看见的不是死胡同 By Herbert Hoover My professional training was in science and engineering. That is a training in the search for truth, and its application to the use of mankind. With a gloss of science we have a
Escape the Dark Destructive Force by Robert Hillyer I feel the coming glory of the light. This last line of Edwin Arlington Robinsons sonnet Credo expresses the general basis of my belief. It is my task to clear away the debris of dead emotions, regr
Do You Know Your Special Talent? by Anne Heywood What I am about to say may appear to be plugging my own business, but it's what I know best ... and I believe it deeply and sincerely. I believe that every human being has a talent - something that he
Today Ive been drinking instant coffee and Pet milk, and watching it snow. Its not that I enjoy the taste especially, but I like the way Pet milk swirls in the coffee. Pet milk isnt real milk. The colours off, to start with. Theres almost something o
羊皮卷是一部很有哲理的书,今天我们就挑取一部分精华来学习吧。 The Scroll Marked Three I will build my castle one brick at a time for I know that small attempts, repeated, willcomplete any undertaking. Henceforth, I will c
Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through some exceedingly picturesque countryside. Suddenly, dark clouds piled up overhead and rain began to fall, but strange to relate, several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly. Pedaling, how
Finally, I was off to college. Thanks for some careful savings, I did not have to work during the first school year. Then, summer hit and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night, as a tennis instructor doing s
The Strenuous Life艰辛的人生 Theodore Roosevelt A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as an individual. We do n