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The legend that they were invincible—above and beyond the processes of a democracy—has been shattered.
所謂它們不可戰(zhàn)勝——凌駕于民主程序之上面又超脫于民主程序之外——這個(gè)神話已經(jīng)被粉碎，
They have been challenged and beaten.
它們?cè)獾搅颂魬?zhàn)，并且已經(jīng)被擊敗。
Our progress out of the depression is obvious.
我們擺脫蕭條所取得的進(jìn)步是顯而易見(jiàn)的。
But that is not all that you and I mean by the new order of things.
但是，那還不是你們和我所說(shuō)的事物新秩序的全部，
Our pledge was not merely to do a patchwork job with secondhand materials.
我們的誓言并非僅僅用舊材料做些修補(bǔ)工作。
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.
我們已經(jīng)在用社會(huì)公正這種新材料，開(kāi)始從原有基礎(chǔ)上建立更持久的結(jié)構(gòu)，以便未來(lái)幾代人更好地利用。
In that purpose we have been helped by achievements of mind and spirit.
在這方面，我們已經(jīng)得益于思想和精神上所取得的成就。
Old truths have been relearned; untruths have been unlearned.
古老的真理得到了重溫；假話虛話遭到了拋棄。
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.
我們一直知道，無(wú)動(dòng)于衷的自私自利是不道德的，我們現(xiàn)在還知道，它是不利于經(jīng)濟(jì)的。
Out of the collapse of a prosperity whose builders boasted their practicality has come the conviction that in the long run economic morality pays.
經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮的建筑師們?cè)栽偡蠈?shí)際，但隨著繁榮的破滅，人們都已經(jīng)深信，從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)來(lái)看經(jīng)濟(jì)道德會(huì)帶來(lái)效益。
We are beginning to wipe out the line that divides the practical from the ideal;
我們正在開(kāi)始消除實(shí)際與理想之間的界線；
and in so doing we are fashioning an instrument of unimagined power for the establishment of a morally better world.
通過(guò)這種做法，我們正在為建立道德更高尚的世界，制作一件力大無(wú)比的工具。
This new understanding undermines the old admiration of worldly success as such.
這種新的認(rèn)識(shí)，打破了以追名逐利為榮的傳統(tǒng)觀念。
We are beginning to abandon our tolerance of the abuse of power by those who betray for profit the elementary decencies of life.
我們開(kāi)始不再容忍某些人濫用權(quán)力，這些人為了利潤(rùn)而背棄了起碼的生活準(zhǔn)則。
In this process evil things formerly accepted will not be so easily condoned.
在這個(gè)過(guò)程中，以前得到認(rèn)可的歪風(fēng)邪氣不會(huì)那么輕易地得到寬恕，
Hard-headedness will not so easily excuse hardheartedness.
冷靜的頭腦下會(huì)那么輕易地原諒冷酷的心肝。
We are moving toward an era of good feeling.
我們正在走向一個(gè)好心腸時(shí)代
But we realize that there can be no era of good feeling save among men of good will.
但是，我們認(rèn)識(shí)到，除非在有善良愿望的人之間，是不可能存在好心腸時(shí)代的。
For these reasons I am justified in believing that the greatest change we have witnessed has been the change in the moral climate of America.
出于這些原因，我理所當(dāng)然地認(rèn)為，我們所目睹的最重大變化就是美國(guó)道德風(fēng)尚的變化。
