SHALL WE CHOOSE DEATH?
Bertrand Russell
December 30, 1954
Here, then, is the problem which I present to you, stark and dreadful and inescapable: Shall we put an end to the human race1 or shall mankind renounce war? People will not face this alternative because it is so difficult to abolish war. The abolition of war will de

ON HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
George Bernard Shaw
July 26, 1926
We are opposed to that theory. Socialism, which is perfectly clear and unmistakable, says the thing you have got to take care of is your distribution. We have to begin with that, and private property, if it stands in the way of good distribution, has got to

ON HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
George Bernard Shaw
July 26, 1926
Of late years the public have been trying to tackle me in every way they possibly can, and failing to make anything of it they have turned to treating me Bs a great man. This is a dreadful fate to over- take anybody. There has been a distinct attempt to do it again n

Gettysburg Address
(Delivered on the 19th Day of November, 1863 Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania )
Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to theproposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whet

Jan. 20, 2005
Vice President Cheney, Mr. Chief Justice, President Carter, President Bush, President Clinton, reverend clergy, distinguished guests, fellow citizens:
On this day, prescribed by law and marked by ceremony, we celebrate the durable wisdom of our Constitution, and recall the deep commitments that unite

]"BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS"
Winston Churchill
May 13, 1940
On Friday evening last I received from His Majesty the mission to form a new administration.
It was the evident will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties.
I hav

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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) Turning to politics in 1952, Eisenhower proved to be a successful commander in that field also. After winning the Republican nomination for president he overwhelmingly defeated the

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Oliver WendeIl HoImes (1841-1935) Oliver WendeIl Holmes, Jr., was known as "the great dissenter". In 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him an associate justice of the. United States Supreme Court. He served u

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　　Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) Roosevelt became president in 1933. The United States was then in the grip of a world-wide business depression. Roosevelt

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Stevenson, AdIai E. (1900-1965) U.S. statesman, born in Los Angeles, Calif., received law degree from Northwestern University 1926, elected governor of iIIinois in 1948 by a Large majority vote, Democratic candidate for U.S. pre

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William Faulkner (1897-1962) The novels of William Faulkner rank among the most important books of the 20th century. For them Faulkner was awarded the 1949 Nobel prize in Literature. Faulkner wrote mostly about his hometown o

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) Carl Sandburg was an American poet. His Complete Poems(1950) won the Pulitzer prize for poetry in 1951. His nonfiction book Abraham Lincoln: the War Years was awarded the Pulitzer prize for history in 1940. Sandburg's poetry was filled with sayings. scraps of anecdotes and conv

The Further Exploitation of Human Resources
-- The Sunshine Regeneration Project
翻译：北京外国语大学北戴河外语培训基地副校长 张宝丹
Growing old is unavoidable. Everyone must face and

Objectively Speaking
翻译：北京外国语大学北戴河外语培训基地副校长 张宝丹
People in this world can be divided into two categories: those always working and those always making comments. The working ones never have time to idle away. Some may run a hotel, or do

Wealth
翻译：北京外国语大学北戴河外语培训基地副校长 张宝丹
The word wealth always reminds people of money and the sayings or concepts related to money. For example, “money talks”; “money makes the ghosts turn the mill”; “as birds die for food, so men die for