Well, America, we’ve made it through the worst of yesterday’s winds. We just have to have the courage to keep moving forward. We’ve got to set our eyes on the horizon. We will find an ocean of tomorrows. We will find a sky of tomorrows for the American people and for this great country that we love.
We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community. We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said, that “The only way to have a friend is to be one.”We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.
“Like watching grass grow” 被用来形容 “做某件事情就像盯着草长大一样，极其枯燥、无趣”。这个表达通常与系动词 “be” 一起使用，即 “be like watching grass grow”。这是一个相当讽刺和幽默的比喻。
In the face of great perils never before encountered, our strong purpose is to protect and to perpetuate the integrity of democracy. For this we muster the spirit of America, and the faith of America. We do not retreat. We are not content to stand still. As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.
By using the new materials of social justice we have undertaken to erect on the old foundations a more enduring structure for the better use of future generations. We are beginning to wipe out the line that divides the practical from the ideal; and in so doing we are fashioning an instrument of unimagined power for the establishment of a morally better world.
