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One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of the status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. But today our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change. The large house in which we live demands that we transform this world-wide neighborhood into a world-wide brotherhood. Together we must learn to live as brothers or together we will be forced to perish as fools.
人類歷史的一個(gè)重大問題是，在發(fā)生重大社會(huì)變革的時(shí)期，太多的人都無法保持清醒。每個(gè)社會(huì)里都存在極力維護(hù)現(xiàn)狀的人和對(duì)社會(huì)漠不關(guān)心的群體，他們都會(huì)臭名昭著地“睡過”這些革命。但是今天，我們的生死存亡就要看我們是否能夠保持清醒，適應(yīng)新的思想，是否能夠保持替惕，面對(duì)變革的挑戰(zhàn)。我們共同居住的地球村要求我們把這世界范圍的鄰里之情變成四海之內(nèi)的兄弟情誼。我們必須學(xué)會(huì)像兄弟般一起生活，否則我們面臨的只有像愚鈍之人一般被迫滅亡。
We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually.
我們必須充滿激情、不屈不撓地工作來彌合科學(xué)進(jìn)步和道德進(jìn)步之間的鴻溝。人類當(dāng)前面臨的一個(gè)重大問題是，我們 精神上的極度貧乏，這與科學(xué)和技術(shù)方面的累累碩果形成鮮明對(duì)比。我們物質(zhì)上越富有，道德上和精神上就變得越貧窮。
