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《责任 荣誉 国家》作者：(美)麦克阿瑟 等著 2017-02-10 18:03
eart the sense of wonder, the unfailing hope of what next, and the joy and inspiration of life. They teach you in this way to be an office r and a gentleman.
And what sort of soldiers are those you are to lead? Are they reliable? Are they brave? Are they capable of victory? Their story is known to all of you. It is the story of the American man?at?arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefield many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then as I regard him now — as one of the world's noblest figures, not only as one of t he finest military characters, but also as one of the most stainless. His name a nd fame are the birthright of every American citizen. In his youth and strength, his love and loyalty, he gave all that mortality can give.
He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. He has written his own his tory and written it in red on his enemy's breast. But when I think of his patien ce under adversity, of his courage under fire, and of his modesty in victory, I am filled with an emotion of admiration I cannot put into words. He belongs to h istory as furnishing one of the greatest examples of successful patriotism. He b elongs to posterity as the instructor of future generations in the principles of liberty and freedom. He belongs to the present, to us, by his virtues and by hi s achievements. In 20 campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand ca mpfires, I have witnessed that enduring fortitude, that patriotic self?abnegati on, and that invincible determination which have carved his statue in the hearts of his people. From one end of the world to the other he has drained deep the c halice of courage.
And what sort of soldiers are those you are to lead? Are they reliable? Are they brave? Are they capable of victory? Their story is known to all of you. It is the story of the American man?at?arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefield many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then as I regard him now — as one of the world's noblest figures, not only as one of t he finest military characters, but also as one of the most stainless. His name a nd fame are the birthright of every American citizen. In his youth and strength, his love and loyalty, he gave all that mortality can give.
He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. He has written his own his tory and written it in red on his enemy's breast. But when I think of his patien ce under adversity, of his courage under fire, and of his modesty in victory, I am filled with an emotion of admiration I cannot put into words. He belongs to h istory as furnishing one of the greatest examples of successful patriotism. He b elongs to posterity as the instructor of future generations in the principles of liberty and freedom. He belongs to the present, to us, by his virtues and by hi s achievements. In 20 campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand ca mpfires, I have witnessed that enduring fortitude, that patriotic self?abnegati on, and that invincible determination which have carved his statue in the hearts of his people. From one end of the world to the other he has drained deep the c halice of courage.