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The Sabbath lies at the foundation of all true morality.
安息日是所有真正的道德規范的基石。
Morality flows from principle.
道德源于準則。
Let the principles of moral obligation become relaxed, and the practice of morality will not long survive the overthrow.
讓闡釋道德義務的準則自由自在，那么道德規范的踐行將不會長久。
No man can preserve his own morals, no parent can preserve the morals of his children, without the impressions of religious obligation.
沒有宗教義務的影響，沒有誰能保持自己的道德準則，也沒有哪位父母能讓自己的孩子保持道德準則。
If you can induce a community to doubt the genuineness and authenticity of the Scriptures;
如果你能引誘一個團體對圣經的真實性和權威性產生懷疑，
to question the reality and obligations of religion; to hesitate, undeciding, whether there be any such thing as virtue or vice;
對宗教義務和現實產生疑問，對是否存在美德或惡行，
whether there be an eternal state of retribution beyond the grave; or whether there exists any such being as God,
對是否有超越死亡的永恒的懲罰，或者是否存在諸如上帝這樣的實在躊躇不決的話，
you have broken down the barriers of moral virtue, and hoisted the flood gates of immorality and crime.
那么你就打破了道德上的界限，吊起了攔住不道德和罪惡洪水的閘門。
I need not say that when a people have once done this, they can no longer exist as a tranquil and happy people.
不用我說，當人們一旦這樣的話，他們就不再作為內心安寧和快樂人而存在了。
Every bond that holds society together would be ruptured;
將社會連在一起的每一紐帶都會斷裂，
fraud and treachery would take the place of confidence between man and man;
人與人之間建立起來的信任關系中充斥了欺騙和背叛，
the tribunals of justice would be scenes of bribery and injustice;
法院成了見證賄賂和不公正的場所，
avarice, perjury, ambition, and revenge would walk through the land,
貪婪、偏見、野心和報復堂而皇之地肆虐，
and render it more like the dwelling of savage beasts than the tranquil abode of civilized and Christianized men.
使得這塊土地更像是野獸的居所，而不是文明開化和皈依了基督教的人平靜安詳的聚居之地。
