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LESSON 67 POLITICAL TOLERATION
第六十七課 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,
由于見解分歧而爭辯期間，討論和各顯其能帶來的活躍氣氛有時會給陌生人留下一種強加給他們的印象，
unused to think freely and to speak and to write what they think;
即不習慣自由思考，無法說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，現在這要由國家的發言權來決定，按照憲法的規定來發表意見，
all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good.
按照法律的意志來安排，為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;
所有人在心里也會支持這一神圣的原則，盡管在所有情況下多數人的意志占據優勢地位，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.
少數人擁有同樣的權利，同樣的法律必定受到保護，而違反的則是受到壓迫的。
Let us then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind.
讓我們，生活在同一城市同一國家的人，要萬眾一心。
Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection, without which liberty, and even life itself, are but dreary things;
讓我們重新建立能帶來和諧與愛的社會交往吧，沒有自由甚至生活本身，這種社會交往不過是令人厭煩的事情而已；
and let us reflect, that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered,
讓我們思考一下，只要還有人流血和遭受苦難，我們被驅逐出自己的土地，為宗教所不容忍，
we have gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
如果我們將政治信仰自由視為專制、邪惡和充滿仇恨與流血的迫害，那我們就一無所得。
