美国语文第六册 第224期:政治信仰自由(1)
第六十七课 政治信仰自由
During the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers,
由于见解分歧而争辩期间，讨论和各显其能带来的活跃气氛有时会给陌生人留下一种强加给他们的印象，
unused to think freely and to speak and to write what they think;
即不习惯自由思考，无法说出和表述自己的所思所想;
but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the constitution,
但是，现在这要由国家的发言权来决定，按照宪法的规定来发表意见，
all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good.
按照法律的意志来安排，为了共同利益凝聚所有的努力。
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is, in all cases, to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable;
所有人在心里也会支持这一神圣的原则，尽管在所有情况下多数人的意志占据优势地位，而合法的意志必定是合理的;
that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
少数人拥有同样的权利，同样的法律必定受到保护，而违反的则是受到压迫的。
Let us then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind.
让我们，生活在同一城市同一国家的人，要万众一心。
Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection, without which liberty, and even life itself, are but dreary things;
让我们重新建立能带来和谐与爱的社会交往吧，没有自由甚至生活本身，这种社会交往不过是令人厌烦的事情而已;
and let us reflect, that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered,
让我们思考一下，只要还有人流血和遭受苦难，我们被驱逐出自己的土地，为宗教所不容忍，
we have gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
如果我们将政治信仰自由视为专制、邪恶和充满仇恨与流血的迫害，那我们就一无所得。
