The Man with the Muck-rake -- Theodore Roosevelt
Delivered 14 April 1906 • Washington, D.C.
1906 年 4 月 14 日交付 • 华盛顿特区
Over a century ago Washington laid the corner stone of the Capitol in what was then little more than a tract of wooded wilderness here beside the Potomac.
一个多世纪前，华盛顿在波托马克河边的一片树木繁茂的荒野上奠定了国会大厦的基石。
We now find it necessary to provide by great additional buildings for the business of the government.
我们现在发现有必要为政府业务提供大量额外的建筑物。
This growth in the need for the housing of the government is but a proof and example of the way in which the nation has grown and the sphere of action of the national government has grown.
政府住房需求的增长只是国家发展方式和国家政府行动范围扩大的证明和例子。
We now administer the affairs of a nation in which the extraordinary growth of population has been outstripped by the growth of wealth in complex interests.
我们现在管理的国家的事务，其人口的超常增长已经被复杂利益的财富增长所超越。
The material problems that face us today are not such as they were in Washington ’ s time , but the underlying facts of human nature are the same now as they were then.
我们今天面临的物质问题与华盛顿时代不同，但人性的根本事实现在与当时是一样的。
Under altered external form we war with the same tendencies toward evil that were evident in Washington ’ s time , and are helped by the same tendencies for good.
在改变了的外在形式下，我们与华盛顿时代明显的相同的邪恶倾向进行斗争，并受到相同的善良倾向的帮助。
It is about some of these that I wish to say a word today.
我今天想说的就是关于其中一些内容。
In Bunyan ’ s “ Pilgrim ’ s Progress ” you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck Rake , the man who could look no way but downward , with the muck rake in his hand; who was offered a celestial crown for his muck rake , but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered , but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.
在班扬的《天路历程》中，你可能还记得对“拿着耙子的人”的描述，这个人手里拿着耙子，只能向下看，别无他法。有人为他的耙粪机提供了一个天上的王冠，但他既不抬头也不理会他所提供的王冠，而是继续为自己耙地板上的污物。
In “ Pilgrim ’ s Progress ” the Man with the Muck Rake is set forth as the example of him whose vision is fixed on carnal instead of spiritual things.
在《天路历程》中，拿着耙子的人被描述为一个例子，他的视野集中在肉体而不是精神事物上。
Yet he also typifies the man who in this life consistently refuses to see aught that is lofty , and fixes his eyes with solemn intentness only on that which is vile and debasing.
然而，他也代表了这样的人：在今生始终拒绝看到任何崇高的事物，而只以庄严的专注力注视着卑鄙和卑鄙的事物。
Now , it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing.
现在，我们非常有必要不回避那些卑鄙和卑鄙的事情。
There is filth on the floor , and it must be scraped up with the muck rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed.
地板上有污物，必须用耙子刮掉；在某些时间和地点，这项服务是所有可以提供的服务中最需要的。
But the man who never does anything else , who never thinks or speaks or writes , save of his feats with the muck rake , speedily becomes , not a help but one of the most potent forces for evil.
但是，除了铲粪机的壮举之外，从不做任何其他事、从不思考、不说话、不写作的人，很快就会成为邪恶的最强大力量之一，而不是帮助者。
There are in the body politic , economic and social , many and grave evils , and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them.
政治、经济和社会存在着许多严重的罪恶，迫切需要对它们进行最严厉的战争。
There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man , whether politician or business man , every evil practice , whether in politics , business , or social life.
无论是政治家还是商人，每一个恶人，无论是政治、商业还是社会生活中的每一种邪恶行径，都应该毫不留情地揭露和打击。
I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker , every man who , on the platform or in a book , magazine , or newspaper , with merciless severity makes such attack , provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful.
我将每一位作家、演讲者、每一位在讲台上或在书籍、杂志或报纸上以无情的严厉态度进行此类攻击的人视为恩人，只要他始终记住，只有在绝对真实的情况下，这种攻击才有用。
The liar is no whit better than the thief , and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves.
说谎者并不比小偷好多少，如果他的谎言以诽谤的形式出现，他可能比大多数小偷还要糟糕。
It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man , or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.
它以不诚实的方式攻击诚实的人，甚至歇斯底里地夸大其辞，以不诚实的方式攻击坏人，这就是一种无赖行为。
An epidemic of indiscriminate assault upon character does no good , but very great harm.
对品格的不加区别的攻击流行病没有任何好处，反而造成极大的伤害。
The soul of every scoundrel is gladdened whenever an honest man is assailed , or even when a scoundrel is untruthfully assailed.
每当一个诚实的人受到攻击，甚至一个恶棍受到不诚实的攻击时，每个恶棍的灵魂都会感到高兴。
Now , it is easy to twist out of shape what I have just said , easy to affect to misunderstand it , and if it is slurred over in repetition not difficult really to misunderstand it.
现在，我刚才所说的话很容易被歪曲，很容易造成误解，而如果重复地含糊不清，就不难真正误解它。
Some persons are sincerely incapable of understanding that to denounce mud slinging does not mean the endorsement of whitewashing; and both the interested individuals who need whitewashing and those others who practice mud slinging like to encourage such confusion of ideas.
有些人实在无法理解，谴责泼脏水并不等于支持洗白，而是支持洗白。那些需要粉饰的感兴趣的人和那些练习抛泥的人都喜欢鼓励这种想法的混乱。
One of the chief counts against those who make indiscriminate assault upon men in business or men in public life is that they invite a reaction which is sure to tell powerfully in favor of the unscrupulous scoundrel who really ought to be attacked , who ought to be exposed , who ought , if possible , to be put in the penitentiary.
那些对商界人士或公共生活中的人士进行不分青红皂白的攻击的人的主要罪名之一是，他们会引起一种强烈的反应，这种反应肯定会有力地说明有利于那些真正应该受到攻击、应该被揭露、如果可能的话应该被投入监狱的肆无忌惮的恶棍。
If Aristides is praised overmuch as just , people get tired of hearing it; and over-censure of the unjust finally and from similar reasons results in their favor.
如果阿里斯蒂德斯被夸得过分公正，人们就会厌倦；出于类似的原因，对不公正的人的过度谴责最终会导致对他们有利。
Any excess is almost sure to invite a reaction; and , unfortunately , the reactions instead of taking the form of punishment of those guilty of the excess , is apt to take the form either of punishment of the unoffending or of giving immunity , and even strength , to offenders.
任何过量几乎肯定会引起反应；不幸的是，这些反应不是采取惩罚那些过分行为的人的形式，而是倾向于采取惩罚未犯罪者或给予犯罪者豁免权甚至力量的形式。
The effort to make financial or political profit out of the destruction of character can only result in public calamity.
通过破坏品格来获取经济或政治利益的努力只会导致公共灾难。
Gross and reckless assaults on character , whether on the stump or in newspaper , magazine , or book , create a morbid and vicious public sentiment , and at the same time act as a profound deterrent to able men of normal sensitiveness and tend to prevent them from entering the public service at any price.
对人格的粗暴和鲁莽的攻击，无论是在树桩上还是在报纸、杂志或书籍中，都会造成病态和恶毒的公众情绪，同时对具有正常敏感性的有能力的人产生深远的威慑，并倾向于阻止他们不惜任何代价进入公共服务领域。
As an instance in point , I may mention that one serious difficulty encountered in getting the right type of men to dig the Panama canal is the certainty that they will be exposed , both without , and , I am sorry to say , sometimes within , Congress , to utterly reckless assaults on their character and capacity.
作为一个恰当的例子，我可能会提到，在找到合适的人来挖掘巴拿马运河时遇到的一个严重困难是，他们肯定会受到对他们的性格和能力的完全鲁莽的攻击，无论是在国会之外，还是我很遗憾地说，有时在国会内部。
At the risk of repetition let me say again that my plea is not for immunity to , but for the most unsparing exposure of , the politician who betrays his trust , of the big business man who makes or spends his fortune in illegitimate or corrupt ways.
冒着重复的风险，让我再说一遍，我的请求不是为了豁免，而是为了最无情地揭露背叛信任的政客、以非法或腐败方式赚取或花费财富的大商人。
There should be a resolute effort to hunt every such man out of the position he has disgraced.
应该坚决地努力将每一个这样的人从他所耻辱的位置上追下来。
Expose the crime , and hunt down the criminal; but remember that even in the case of crime , if it is attacked in sensational , lurid , and untruthful fashion , the attack may do more damage to the public mind than the crime itself.
揭露罪行，追捕罪犯；但请记住，即使是犯罪案件，如果以耸人听闻、耸人听闻和不真实的方式进行攻击，那么这种攻击对公众精神造成的损害可能比犯罪本身更大。
It is because I feel that there should be no rest in the endless war against the forces of evil that I ask the war be conducted with sanity as well as with resolution.
正是因为我觉得与邪恶势力的无休止的战争不应该停止，所以我要求以理智和决心来进行这场战争。
The men with the muck rakes are often indispensable to the well being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck , and to look upward to the celestial crown above them , to the crown of worthy endeavor.
拿着粪耙的人对于社会的福祉往往是不可或缺的。但前提是他们知道何时停止耙粪，并向上仰望头顶上的天王冠，仰望值得努力的王冠。
There are beautiful things above and round about them; and if they gradually grow to feel that the whole world is nothing but muck , their power of usefulness is gone.
它们的上方和周围都有美丽的事物；如果他们逐渐觉得整个世界只不过是一滩烂泥，那么他们的用处就消失了。
If the whole picture is painted black there remains no hue whereby to single out the rascals for distinction from their fellows.
如果整个画面被漆成黑色，那么就没有任何色调可以将流氓与其他人区分开来。
Such painting finally induces a kind of moral color blindness; and people affected by it come to the conclusion that no man is really black , and no man really white , but they are all gray.
这样的绘画最终会引发一种道德色盲；受其影响的人们得出的结论是，没有人是真正的黑人，也没有人是真正的白人，但他们都是灰色的。
In other words , they neither believe in the truth of the attack , nor in the honesty of the man who is attacked; they grow as suspicious of the accusation as of the offense; it becomes well nigh hopeless to stir them either to wrath against wrongdoing or to enthusiasm for what is right; and such a mental attitude in the public gives hope to every knave , and is the despair of honest men.
换句话说，他们既不相信攻击的真实性，也不相信被攻击者的诚实；他们对指控和犯罪行为都产生了怀疑；激起他们对不法行为的愤怒或对正确行为的热情几乎是毫无希望的。而公众的这种心态，给每一个无赖带来了希望，也给了正直人的绝望。
To assail the great and admitted evils of our political and industrial life with such crude and sweeping generalizations as to include decent men in the general condemnation means the searing of the public conscience.
用如此粗鲁和全面的概括来攻击我们政治和工业生活中公认的巨大罪恶，以至于将正直的人纳入普遍谴责之中，这意味着公众良心的灼痛。
There results a general attitude either of cynical belief in and indifference to public corruption or else of a distrustful inability to discriminate between the good and the bad.
这就导致了一种普遍的态度，要么对公共腐败抱有愤世嫉俗的信念和漠不关心，要么是一种不信任、无法辨别好坏的态度。
Either attitude is fraught with untold damage to the country as a whole.
这两种态度都会对整个国家造成难以估量的损害。
The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well nigh as dangerous as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad.
没有意识去辨别善恶的傻瓜，与明辨是非却选择恶的人一样危险。
There is nothing more distressing to every good patriot , to every good American , than the hard , scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter.
对于每一个善良的爱国者、每一个善良的美国人来说，没有什么比将公众人物的不诚实指控视为笑柄的冷酷、嘲讽精神更令人痛苦的了。
Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot , for it denotes not merely the vacant mind , but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition.
这样的笑声比锅底下荆棘的爆裂声还要糟糕，因为它不仅代表着头脑的空虚，而且代表着内心的高涨情绪在结出果实之前就被窒息了。
There is any amount of good in the world , and there never was a time when loftier and more disinterested work for the betterment of mankind was being done than now.
世界上有多少美好的事物，而且从来没有一个时代比现在更崇高、更无私地为人类的福祉所做的工作。
The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible , but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and generosity and sympathy are also stronger than ever before.
趋向邪恶的力量是巨大而可怕的，但真理、爱、勇气、诚实、慷慨和同情的力量也比以往任何时候都更强大。
It is a foolish and timid , no less than a wicked thing , to blink the fact that the forces of evil are strong , but it is even worse to fail to take into account the strength of the forces that tell for good.
对邪恶势力强大的事实视而不见，是一件愚蠢而胆怯的事情，不亚于一件邪恶的事情，但更糟糕的是，不考虑善意力量的力量。
Hysterical sensationalism is the poorest weapon wherewith to fight for lasting righteousness.
歇斯底里的煽情主义是争取持久正义的最糟糕的武器。
The men who with stern sobriety and truth assail the many evils of our time , whether in the public press , or in magazines , or in books , are the leaders and allies of all engaged in the work for social and political betterment.
无论是在公共媒体、杂志还是书籍中，那些以严肃的清醒和真理攻击我们这个时代的许多罪恶的人，是所有从事社会和政治改善工作的领导人和盟友。
But if they give good reason for distrust of what they say , if they chill the ardor of those who demand truth as a primary virtue , they thereby betray the good cause and play into the hands of the very men against whom they are nominally at war.
但是，如果他们给出了充分的理由让人不信任他们所说的话，如果他们冷却了那些要求真理为首要美德的人的热情，那么他们就背叛了正义的事业，并落入了他们名义上与之交战的人的下怀。
In his Ecclesiastical Polity that fine old Elizabethan divine , Bishop Hooker , wrote:
伊丽莎白时代的杰出神学家胡克主教在他的《教会政体》中写道：
He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers , because they know the manifold defects whereunto every kind of regimen is subject , but the secret lets and difficulties , which in public proceedings are innumerable and inevitable , they have not ordinarily the judgment to consider.
一个人若想说服大众，让他们相信自己的治理没有达到应有的程度，那么他就永远不会缺少细心而喜欢的听众，因为他们知道每一种制度都存在多种缺陷，但在公共程序中，秘密的缺陷和困难是无数且不可避免的，他们通常没有判断力去考虑。
This truth should be kept constantly in mind by every free people desiring to preserve the sanity and poise indispensable to the permanent success of self-government.
每个渴望保持理智和平静的自由人民都应该牢记这一真理，这对于自治的永久成功至关重要。
Yet , on the other hand , it is vital not to permit this spirit of sanity and self-command to degenerate into mere mental stagnation.
然而，另一方面，重要的是不要让这种理智和自我控制的精神退化为纯粹的精神停滞。
Bad though a state of hysterical excitement is , and evil though the results are which come from the violent oscillations such excitement invariably produces , yet a sodden acquiescence in evil is even worse.
尽管歇斯底里的兴奋状态是不好的，尽管这种兴奋必然产生的剧烈波动所带来的结果是邪恶的，但对邪恶的默许甚至更糟糕。
At this moment we are passing through a period of great unrest -- social , political , and industrial unrest.
此刻我们正在经历一个巨大的动荡时期——社会、政治和工业的动荡。
It is of the utmost importance for our future that this should prove to be not the unrest of mere rebelliousness against life , of mere dissatisfaction with the inevitable inequality of conditions , but the unrest of a resolute and eager ambition to secure the betterment of the individual and the nation.
对于我们的未来来说，最重要的是，这不应是单纯的对生活的反叛，也不仅仅是对不可避免的不平等的不满，而是为了个人和国家的进步而坚定而热切的野心。
So far as this movement of agitation throughout the country takes the form of a fierce discontent with evil , of a determination to punish the authors of evil , whether in industry or politics , the feeling is to be heartily welcomed as a sign of healthy life.
只要这场全国性的鼓动运动以对邪恶的强烈不满、决心惩罚邪恶之手的形式出现，无论是在工业界还是政界，这种感觉就会受到热烈欢迎，成为健康生活的标志。
If , on the other hand , it turns into a mere crusade of appetite against appetite , of a contest between the brutal greed of the “ have nots ” and the brutal greed of the “ haves , ” then it has no significance for good , but only for evil.
另一方面，如果它只是一场食欲与食欲之间的讨伐，一场“无产者”的残酷贪婪与“有产者”的残酷贪婪之间的较量，那么它就没有任何善的意义，而只具有恶的意义。
If it seeks to establish a line of cleavage , not along the line which divides good men from bad , but along that other line , running at right angles thereto , which divides those who are well off from those who are less well off , then it will be fraught with immeasurable harm to the body politic.
如果它试图建立一条分裂线，不是沿着区分好人与坏人的线，而是沿着另一条与之成直角的线，将富裕者与贫困者分开，那么它将给政治体带来不可估量的伤害。
We can no more and no less afford to condone evil in the man of capital than evil in the man of no capital.
我们不能容忍资本家的罪恶，正如我们不能容忍无资本者的罪恶一样。
The wealthy man who exults because there is a failure of justice in the effort to bring some trust magnate to account for his misdeeds is as bad as , and no worse than , the so-called labor leader who clamorously strives to excite a foul class feeling on behalf of some other labor leader who is implicated in murder.
那些因为试图让某个信托大亨为自己的罪行负责而感到正义的失败而欢欣鼓舞的富人，与那些卷入谋杀案的其他劳工领袖大声喧哗地煽动一种肮脏的阶级感情的所谓劳工领袖一样糟糕，而且不比他们更糟糕。
One attitude is as bad as the other , and no worse; in each case the accused is entitled to exact justice; and in neither case is there need of action by others which can be construed into an expression of sympathy for crime.
一种态度与另一种态度一样糟糕，但并不更糟。在每种情况下，被告都有权得到公正的审判；在这两种情况下，其他人都不需要采取行动来表达对犯罪的同情。
It is a prime necessity that if the present unrest is to result in permanent good the emotion shall be translated into action , and that the action shall be marked by honesty , sanity , and self-restraint.
如果当前的动荡想要带来永久的好处，最重要的是，情绪必须转化为行动，而行动必须以诚实、理智和自我克制为标志。
There is mighty little good in a mere spasm of reform.
仅仅一阵子的改革几乎没有什么好处。
The reform that counts is that which comes through steady , continuous growth; violent emotionalism leads to exhaustion.
重要的改革是通过稳定、持续的增长来实现的；暴力情绪主义会导致精疲力竭。
It is important to this people to grapple with the problems connected with the amassing of enormous fortunes , and the use of those fortunes , both corporate and individual , in business.
对于这些人来说，解决与积累巨额财富以及在商业中使用这些财富（无论是公司还是个人）有关的问题非常重要。
We should discriminate in the sharpest way between fortunes well won and fortunes ill won; between those gained as an incident to performing great services to the community as a whole and those gained in evil fashion by keeping just within the limits of mere law honesty.
我们应该以最尖锐的方式区分好运和坏运。既有为整个社会提供伟大服务而获得的利益，也有通过仅在法律诚实的范围内以邪恶方式获得的利益。
Of course , no amount of charity in spending such fortunes in any way compensates for misconduct in making them.
当然，以任何方式花费这些财富的慈善行为并不能弥补在赚取这些财富时的不当行为。
As a matter of personal conviction , and without pretending to discuss the details or formulate the system , I feel that we shall ultimately have to consider the adoption of some such scheme as that of a progressive tax on all fortunes , beyond a certain amount , either given in life or devised or bequeathed upon death to any individual -- a tax so framed as to put it out of the power of the owner of one of these enormous fortunes to hand on more than a certain amount to any one individual; the tax of course , to be imposed by the national and not the state government.
作为个人信念的问题，并且不假装讨论细节或制定制度，我认为我们最终必须考虑采用某种方案，例如对超过一定数额的所有财富征收累进税，无论是生前给予的还是设计的或死后遗赠给任何个人的——这种税收的设计目的是使这些巨额财富之一的所有者无法将超过一定数额的财产交给任何个人；当然，税收是由国家而不是州政府征收的。
Such taxation should , of course , be aimed merely at the inheritance or transmission in their entirety of those fortunes swollen beyond all healthy limits.
当然，这种税收的目的应该只是为了继承或转移那些膨胀到超出健康限度的财富。
Again , the national government must in some form exercise supervision over corporations engaged in interstate business -- and all large corporations engaged in interstate business -- whether by license or otherwise , so as to permit us to deal with the far reaching evils of overcapitalization.
再次强调，国家政府必须以某种形式对从事州际业务的公司以及所有从事州际业务的大公司进行监督，无论是通过许可证还是其他方式，以便使我们能够应对资本过剩带来的深远危害。
This year we are making a beginning in the direction of serious effort to settle some of these economic problems by the railway rate legislation.
今年，我们开始认真努力通过铁路费率立法来解决其中一些经济问题。
Such legislation , if so framed , as I am sure it will be , as to secure definite and tangible results , will amount to something of itself; and it will amount to a great deal more in so far as it is taken as a first step in the direction of a policy of superintendence and control over corporate wealth engaged in interstate commerce; this superintendence and control not to be exercised in a spirit of malevolence toward the men who have created the wealth , but with the firm purpose both to do justice to them and to see that they in their turn do justice to the public at large.
这样的立法，如果是这样制定的，我确信它会如此，以确保明确和切实的结果，那么它本身就会产生某种作用；就其作为对从事州际贸易的企业财富的监督和控制政策方向的第一步而言，其意义将更大；这种监督和控制不是出于对创造财富的人的恶意而实施的，而是出于坚定的目的，既要公正地对待他们，又要确保他们反过来也公正地对待广大公众。
The first requisite in the public servants who are to deal in this shape with corporations , whether as legislators or as executives , is honesty.
对于以这种形式与公司打交道的公务员来说，无论是作为立法者还是作为高管，首要条件是诚实。
This honesty can be no respecter of persons.
这种诚实是不偏待人的。
There can be no such thing as unilateral honesty.
不存在单方面诚实的情况。
The danger is not really from corrupt corporations; it springs from the corruption itself , whether exercised for or against corporations.
危险并非真正来自腐败的公司；而是来自腐败的公司。它源于腐败本身，无论是支持还是反对公司。
The eighth commandment reads , “ Thou shalt not steal.
第八条诫命说：“不可偷盗。
” It does not read , “ Thou shalt not steal from the rich man.
” 它不是这样写的：“你不可偷窃富人的东西。
” It does not read , “ Thou shalt not steal from the poor man.
” 它不是这样写的：“你不可偷窃穷人的东西。
” It reads simply and plainly , “ Thou shalt not steal.
” 上面写着简单明了：“不可偷盗。
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No good whatever will come from that warped and mock morality which denounces the misdeeds of men of wealth and forgets the misdeeds practiced at their expense; which denounces bribery , but blinds itself to blackmail; which foams with rage if a corporation secures favors by improper methods , and merely leers with hideous mirth if the corporation is itself wronged.
这种扭曲的、嘲讽的道德谴责富人的不法行为，却忘记了以他们为代价的不法行为，不会带来任何好处。它谴责贿赂，但却对敲诈勒索视而不见；如果一家公司以不正当的方式获得好处，它就会勃然大怒；如果公司本身受到了委屈，它只会以可怕的笑容冷眼旁观。
The only public servant who can be trusted honestly to protect the rights of the public against the misdeeds of a corporation is that public man who will just as surely protect the corporation itself from wrongful aggression.
唯一可以诚实地信任保护公众权利免受公司不当行为侵害的公务员是同样肯定会保护公司本身免受不当侵犯的公职人员。
If a public man is willing to yield to popular clamor and do wrong to the men of wealth or to rich corporations , it may be set down as certain that if the opportunity comes he will secretly and furtively do wrong to the public in the interest of a corporation.
如果一个公众人士愿意屈从于大众的呼声，对富人或富有的公司做坏事，那么可以肯定的是，如果有机会，他会为了公司的利益而秘密地、偷偷摸摸地对公众做坏事。
But in addition to honesty , we need sanity.
但除了诚实之外，我们还需要理智。
No honesty will make a public man useful if that man is timid or foolish , if he is a hot-headed zealot or an impracticable visionary.
如果一个公众人物胆怯或愚蠢，如果他是一个头脑发热的狂热分子或一个不切实际的空想家，那么诚实就不会让他变得有用。
As we strive for reform we find that it is not at all merely the case of a long uphill pull.
当我们努力改革时，我们发现这根本不是一个漫长的艰难过程。
On the contrary , there is almost as much of breeching work as of collar work.
相反，臀围工作几乎和领子工作一样多。
To depend only on traces means that there will soon be a runaway and an upset.
只依靠痕迹，很快就会出现失控和不安。
The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the public by the proper government authorities will not succeed , in my judgment , in checking the progress of the movement.
在我看来，今天试图阻止适当的政府当局为了公众利益而对其企业进行监管和控制的富人将不会成功地阻止运动的进展。
But if they did succeed they would find that they had sown the wind and would surely reap the whirlwind , for they would ultimately provoke the violent excesses which accompany a reform coming by convulsion instead of by steady and natural growth.
但如果他们真的成功了，他们就会发现自己播下了风，也必将收获旋风，因为他们最终会引发暴力的过度行为，伴随着改革而来的是剧烈的改革，而不是稳定和自然的增长。
On the other hand , the wild preachers of unrest and discontent , the wild agitators against the entire existing order , the men who act crookedly , whether because of sinister design or from mere puzzle headedness , the men who preach destruction without proposing any substitute for what they intend to destroy , or who propose a substitute which would be far worse than the existing evils -- all these men are the most dangerous opponents of real reform.
另一方面，那些鼓吹骚乱和不满的狂野鼓吹者，那些反对整个现有秩序的狂野煽动者，那些行事不正当的人，无论是出于险恶的阴谋还是仅仅出于迷惑的头脑，那些鼓吹破坏却没有提出任何替代品来替代他们想要破坏的东西的人，或者提出一个比现有罪恶更糟糕的替代品的人——所有这些人都是真正改革的最危险的反对者。
If they get their way they will lead the people into a deeper pit than any into which they could fall under the present system.
如果他们得逞，他们就会把人民带入比现行制度下更深的坑。
If they fail to get their way they will still do incalculable harm by provoking the kind of reaction which in its revolt against the senseless evil of their teaching would enthrone more securely than ever the evils which their misguided followers believe they are attacking.
如果他们不能如愿以偿，他们仍然会造成无法估量的伤害，因为他们会激起这样的反应，这种反应在反抗他们教义中毫无意义的邪恶时，会比以往任何时候都更牢固地巩固他们被误导的追随者认为他们正在攻击的邪恶。
More important than aught else is the development of the broadest sympathy of man for man.
最重要的是培养人与人之间最广泛的同情心。
The welfare of the wage worker , the welfare of the tiller of the soil , upon these depend the welfare of the entire country; their good is not to be sought in pulling down others; but their good must be the prime object of all our statesmanship.
工资工人的福利、耕种者的福利，取决于整个国家的福利。他们的利益不是通过贬低别人来谋求的；但他们的利益必须成为我们所有政治才能的首要目标。
Materially we must strive to secure a broader economic opportunity for all men , so that each shall have a better chance to show the stuff of which he is made.
在物质上，我们必须努力为所有人争取更广泛的经济机会，以便每个人都有更好的机会展示自己的才华。
Spiritually and ethically we must strive to bring about clean living and right thinking.
在精神和道德上，我们必须努力实现清洁的生活和正确的思维。
We appreciate that the things of the body are important; but we appreciate also that the things of the soul are immeasurably more important.
我们认识到身体的事物是重要的；但我们也认识到，灵魂的事物更为重要。
The foundation stone of national life is , and ever must be , the high individual character of the average citizen.
国家生活的基石是而且永远必须是普通公民的高尚个性。