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it is true that most of us value honesty highly. however， nowadays we often confront confidence crisis such as cheating， overcharging， fake modities and so on. i think that we should be honest because being honest is not only beneficial to ourselves but also to others and the whole society. the reasons can be listed as follows.firstly， only honest people can be truly respected by the others and can make more friends over a long period of time.
secondly， honesty， which is the traditional virtue of the chinese people， can make our life easier and more harmonious. thirdly， honesty can make our society more stable. a case in point is that singapore， a society featuring trustworthiness and integrity， has a paratively low criminal rate.
responsbility can be understood in many ways. for the parents ， they have had the responsibility for caring for and fostering their children since the birth of their baby.for teachers，both in kindergartens and colleges，they also should be responsible for the study and life of their students，that is to say，teahers are the second parents of children somewhile.
for us，as a friend of others，it is our responsibility to help our friends when they are in trouble or faced with difficulties. each one has the different responsibily based on their roles but we must take it for granted that we are responsible for the society.
As it is known, when we are in high school, we all have a constant goal that is to get the entrance to college, and hard work is out of question for the following. So we gain the notice to college finally which we often dream of in the nights, which proves a proverb that the god doesn’t live up to someone who spends time and efforts, please memorize the sentence for good.
Of course one day we went to college in August or September happily and proudly, but at the same time something happened that it made your heart pounding fiercely next, by the way, that is love for many college students. And then they miss the directions and their selves as well for their lives. Next I am to express that I am neutral for falling in love in college, however I have some ideas to illustrate of my own.
Firstly, if you are passers-by, I think we will find a lot about several couples of boyfriends and girlfriends under the dorms or dim corners or in the classes without anybody for close postures, as youngsters, it is normal without asking cause about that.
Secondly, even worth mentioning is that many young boys and girls couldn’t attend classes and courses instead of traveling to some sceneries and sight places or doing other things only to turn out them loved each other.
Thirdly, especially to most of freshmen, please don’t be influenced by the phenomenon that a number of students who finds anther half called by them selves proudly, because I think persons are different from each other, different characters, backgrounds and aims.
But there is one point to obey if you actually want to have an attempt the feeling for love at first sight: it is , whenever you and I am, the learning and the work is the most principle rather than love is the first and work second, for we aren’t children and teenagers anymore, in the future society needs a comprehensive qualifications, profound and extensive knowledge persons, meanwhile in college you are in the state of half foot to society which time is a most important process to exercise and experience before stepping to complicated and complex society, and therefore we are supposed to spend much time in learning instead.
What are mentioned above are only my opinions, believing that others have more perfect for falling in love in college.
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众所周知，当我们在高中的时候，我们都有一个恒定的目标是让大学的入口和努力工作是下列的问题。所以我们得到通知大学最后我们常常梦想的夜晚，这是一个谚语，上帝不会辜负的人花费时间和精力，请记住这句话。
当然有一天，我们上了大学在8月或9月幸福和骄傲，但同时发生了一件事，你的心猛烈地跳动，顺便说一下，这是对很多大学生的爱。然后他们小姐的方向和他们的自我生活。接下来我来表达，我中立的恋爱在大学，但是我有一些自己的思想来说明。
首先，如果你是路人，我认为我们会发现很多关于几个男友和女友夫妇在宿舍或昏暗的角落或类没有任何亲密的姿势，作为年轻人，它是正常的没有问原因。
其次，更值得一提的是，许多年轻男孩和女孩不能上课，课程而不是去一些风景和视线的地方或做其它事情，最终他们彼此相爱。
第三，尤其是新生，请不要影响的现象，许多学生发现花药一半被他们自我骄傲，�
但有一点服从如果你真的想要试图一见钟情的感觉：是，只要你和我，学习和工作是最原则而不是爱是第一，工作第二，因为我们不再是儿童和青少年，在未来社会需要一个全面的资格，深刻和广泛的知识，与此同时，在大学你的脚一半社会时间是一个最重要的过程锻炼和经验之前复杂的和复杂的社会，所以我们应该花很多时间在学习。
上面提到的仅仅是我的意见，相信其他人也更适合在大学里恋爱。
A blink of an eye, we came to the first attraction - Qin Shi HuangMausoleum. "Comrades, we are here!" I do not know when the Western witch put ona tour guide. The original bloated body was relatively tight hoop, people couldnot help but think of a delicious rice balls. Everyone shook his face, showing apainful, slightly angrily said: "You are not the moment of the wolf fly UFO,open so fast doing! Do not you know the blanket blanket will be blanket? Vomit.。. 。.。 "Western witch swallowed a spit, with a handkerchief to sweat the facesweat, said:" forget, you do not vomit, and I will not pay attention to the ne_ttime Well! Here, I'll tell you about It is the first imperial mausoleum inChinese history, the crystallization of hard work and wisdom of our workingpeople, is a treasure house of historical civilization. Qin Shihuang mausoleumin all feudal emperor mausoleums, which is located in the north of Lishan, 30kilometers east of _i'an. In 1961 by the State Council announced as the firstbatch of key cultural relics protection units; in 1987 by UNESCO included in theWorld Cultural Heritage protection directory, become the common wealth of allmankind. 20__ Qin Shi Huang Ling won the national '5A' class tourist attractions.。. 。.。 "see the broadness of the Sherlock Holmes found the problem. He took thebig pipe, smoked a few mouthfuls, but also crashed on the ground with a crutch,said: "wrong! Is '4A' class tourist attractions!" Western witch scratching theback of the head, like a child made a mistake, Carefully said: "I'm sorry, Iwill pay attention ne_t time! Ne_t, let us to the vastness of the universe toplay a good play! Please sit on the blanket!" Only heard "wind" is heard,everyone And was involved in the vorte_ 。.。
Everyone slowly opened his eyes, dazzling sunshine struck everyone's eyes,presented in front of a vibrant scene: the air flying countless birds. Thefeathers fell from their body down, quietly fell on the ground, paved a colorfulcarpet. The clouds in the air from time to time flying birds hit pieces, into aroot of white feathers, falling to the ground 。.。 。.。 Western witch looked atthis fairyland scene, touch the scene, e_citedly said: "wings The star is bornat the same time as the earth, and its size is almost twice the size of theearth. Everything in the feathers is made of feathers Well, you see, the tree inthe distance is the 'wings of the tree'。 The branches are covered with feathers,only feathers knot fruit to give birth to the birds.It is the source of life, aslong as it fell, the feather wings will disappear from the universe 。.。 。.。"Pippi went to the side, thinking: What good to say! Rory it! If it were not forthe invitation of Dorothy, I would not come! Thinking about, Pippi went to agiant bird feet. See it is guarding a worn jug, then the heart of doubt: is nota jug it! Why do you want to send such a big bird guard? Hard to have a godinside No, I have to put forward a clear. "Bird big brother, why do you want toguard this old jug?" Pippi afraid it can not hear, shouted loudly. Bird brotherlowered his head, said to Pippi: "According to ancestors predicted that another10 seconds the jug will show signs of life, so the chiefs sent me to guard thejug. You see 。.。 。.。" Pippi Jar looked, it moved a few times, flew into the air,with wine wrote nine characters: Thank you! I have life! Write it, thendisappeared without a trace. Pippi could not believe his eyes. She ran back andtold everyone what she saw. The Western witch listened and held his chin andsaid, "I have heard of this thing! As long as a man of a man appears, the jarwill show signs of a statement." It seems that Pippi is the kind of man! " Bigeyes, refused to believe that the Western witch said everything. Immediately,everyone was once again involved in the vorte_
There is a song called "when they grow up, I became you": a child I thoughtyou were very beautiful, led a group of birds flying. Grow up you have become myonly know that classrooms are flying the hope that the Shou are their own nests;piece of the blackboard to write the truth, remove the utilitarian; Flanaganchalk to draw the rainbow, teardrop shed is ... .. every time to hear it, singit, my heart will be subjected to a baptism of love.
Life on people from kindergarten to primary school, middle school, and evenuniversities, there will be many teachers. Pouring of love, concern about thegrowth of students, one teacher per common pursuit. Which is one of, love of thefemale teachers in general are different teacher's love, she is a kind of putall the soul and intellect dedicated to children's sincere. Such love isselfless, it unreservedly dedicated to all students; this love is deep, itsimplication for all students at doing one thing in each.
At kindergarten, we have the first teachers in life. When we are crying, itwas your mother like open arms into the warm embrace of our arms; when we sleptat a small bedwhen you are gently approached the bedside, as we wereangle; whenWe are not feeling well when you are hurriedly put our mind to the clinic.
Gradually we grew up, into the school, to know more new teachers. For wegrow up, your Teacher work day and night, but no regrets. How many quiet nights,in order to prepare each lesson, are you seriously study materials; the numberof spare time, in order to transform backward students, but also you are bravingthe cold heat go home visits; the number of holidays, you give up leisure timewith their families , devote themselves to learning, to use all available timeto "self-charging."
Teacher are candles for a bright and burning; Teacher are gardeners,homeland for tomorrow's flowers and hard work; Teacher dewdrop are constantlynourishing us this piece of green grass; Teacher trees are for our; Teacher arethe sun, are matches, are chalk ... ... Teacher, what a noble and distinguishedcareer ah!
Leaves circled in the air, write a song wonderful music, it is a large treeat its nourish the earth for Thanksgiving; clouds at blue sky in the drift,painting pictures on TV drama series and pleasant pictures, that are whiteclouds in the Thanksgiving feeding it the blue sky. Since there is a teacher, werecognize the colorful world; because there is a teacher, to understand the truemeaning of life, so we must know how to Teacher Zhien, Thanksgiving.
Teachers are respected Thanksgiving. Since ancient times, people-wei oftheir teachers have a heart of Thanksgiving. Famous scientist Marie Curie, NobelPrize-winning twice, but she saw my primary school teachers, the immediatelypresented a bouquet of flowers to express her gratitude; great man Mao Zedong atthe festive season is also usually sent to a Teacher deeply grateful.
Thanksgiving is on the teacher's heart. Grateful do not needearth-shattering, just say your call ray considerate enough. Class, the teachersat exhausted on rostrum, students, and you can walk gently for Teacherbackshoulder; after school, when you find a teacher for us to sit in the officesalso meticulous whenstudents, you can quietly for a cup of warm water on Teacherinverted; recess, you discover that there is waste paper cuttings classroom,students, and you can easily pick it up, for teachers to create a clean teachingenvironment; holiday, the students , you can bring a flower for the teacher, agreeting card, it is the blessings of Teacher Forever ... ...
Thanksgiving on the Teacher is to return the society. Teacher, you workedhard conscientious, quiet dedication of light and heat. Ordinary is not in thisinsipid post on, you not only taught us the knowledge and, more importantly, iteducates us in how to behave. "decades, educating people for centuries," Does asociety, the state and the nation a useful person, it is the best reward forteachers.
Students, let us together wish the world is all happy Teacher HappinessForever!
有一首歌叫《长大后，我就成了你》：小时候我以为你很美丽，领着一群小鸟飞来飞去。长大后我就成了你，才知道那间教室，放飞的是希望，守巢的是自己；那块黑板写下的是真理，擦去的是功利；那根粉笔画出的是彩虹，流下的是泪滴…..每次听到它，唱起它，我都会在内心经受一次爱的洗礼。
人一生从上幼儿园到小学、初中，乃至大学，会有许许多多的老师。倾注爱心，关注学生的成长，是每一位老师共同的追求。而这其中，女老师的爱是不同于一般老师的爱，她是一种把全部心灵和才智献给孩子的真诚。这种爱是无私的，它毫无保留地献给所有学生；这种爱是深沉的，它蕴涵在为所有学生所做的每一件事 中。
在幼儿园里，我们有了人生第一位老师。当我们哭哭啼啼时，是您张开母亲般的双臂将我们揽入温暖的怀里；当我们在小小睡床上辗转反侧时，是您轻轻地走近床�
渐渐我们长大，背起书包，走入学堂，认识了更多新的老师。为了我们成长，老师您昼夜劳作，却无怨无悔。多少个宁静的夜晚，为了备好每一堂课，是您认真钻研教材；多少个业余时间，为了转化后进学生，又是您冒着严寒酷暑去家访；多少个节假日，您放弃与家人休闲的时间，潜心进修，利用一切可以利用的时间来“自我充电”。
老师是蜡烛，为了光明而燃烧；老师是园丁，为了祖国明天的花朵而辛勤劳动；老师是露珠，不断滋润我们这片绿草；老师是大树，为我们遮风挡雨；老师是太阳、是火柴、是粉笔……老师，一个多么令人尊敬而高尚的职业啊！
落叶在空中盘旋，谱写着一曲美妙的乐章，那是大树在对滋养它的大地感恩；白云在蔚蓝的天空中飘荡，绘画着那一幅幅怡人的画面，那是白云在对哺育它的蓝天感恩。因为有老师，我们认识了多彩的世界；因为有老师，懂得了生命的真谛，所以我们对老师要懂得知恩、感恩。
对老师的感恩是敬重的。自古以来，伟人们都对自己的老师有着一颗感恩的心。著名科学家居里夫人，曾两次获得诺贝尔奖，但她在看见自己的小学老师时，马上献上一束鲜花表达她的感激之情；伟人也同样常常在佳节送上对老师的一份深深感激。
对老师的感恩是发自内心的。感激不需要惊天动地，只需要你的一声呼唤，一丝体贴足够。下课了，老师疲惫不堪地坐在讲台上，同学们，你可以轻轻地走过� 老师，您呕心沥血、兢兢业业、默默无闻奉献着光和热。在这平淡却不平凡的岗位上，您不仅教给我们知识，更重要的是，还教育我们怎样做人。“十年栽树，百年育人”，做一个对社会、对国家、对民族有用的人，那才是对老师最好的报答。
同学们，让我们共同祝愿天下所有老师永远幸福快乐！
老师们、同学们，大家早上好！
good morning, dear teachers and schoolmates.
今天我将和大家谈谈劳动。
today i will talk about labour.
富兰克林说：“劳动是幸福之父。”高尔基说：“我们世界上最美好的东西，都是由劳动，由人的聪明的手创造出来的。” 马克思说：“劳动最光荣！”同学们，你们一定也参加过不少这样或那样的劳动，你劳动的感受是什么呢？
franklin says：“labour is the father of happiness.”gorky says：“all the best things are made by labour and the smart’s hands.”marx says：“lobour is most honorable.”dear students. you must often join in these activities. how do you feel?
劳动创造了财富、创造了美好的生活。劳动可以锻炼人的意志品质。最主要的如果我们亲身去体验劳动，就能体会到别人劳动的艰辛，知道去珍惜、爱护别人的劳动果实。
labour makes fortune and our good life. it trains our will. if we take part in it, we will understand the hard of labour, cherish it and other people’s labour。
上周四六年级一班全体师生到餐厅进行了劳动体验，我们不怕脏不怕累，将餐桌餐凳上下擦洗一新。劳动中，我们掌握了劳动技巧，更体会到了餐厅叔叔阿姨工作的辛苦。
last thursday, the students of class 1, grade 3 did some cleaning in the dinning hall. we are all hard-working. we also learned a lot and knew the hard work of the uncles and aunts.
在此向全体同学发出倡议：珍惜饭菜，不浪费；要文明用餐，不把饭菜撒到地上，主动捡拾掉到地上的碗和勺子，饭后及时擦桌子，摆好餐凳。
now we do hope all of us can obey the rules in the dinning hall.
其实我们的身边许多事物都是别人的劳动成果。校园里的花草树木，雪白的墙壁，漂亮的黑板设计、舒适的教室环境，优美的校园环境，常用的体育设施，干净的楼梯等，都需要我们每一个人去爱护和珍惜，请用我们的双手一起行动，创造更加美丽的家园吧！
in fact, there are many things we should cherish around us. for example, beautiful trees, white walls, cozy classroom and so on. let’s use our hands to make a more beautiful one.
谢谢大家！
thank you!
Our friends present here:
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
Thank you my speech to this end.
Dear:
When the breeze gently hold when liuxu savoury, when the sun put it golden glorious quietly around the cherry blossom trees on appered handsome; when the beautiful petals in the air to reach several monly roll long, then gently landed, we are enjoying a brilliant happineof campus life.
Early morning, happy bird singing, acpany us go strollw floral path and watched the we walked into the campus, eye is full of happiness. sunshine shop in writing has "e, nanjing normal university affiliated yangzi dickers" e, the bronze medal and put downy light reflection to our body, we cheerfully accepted this light, vigorous entered in campus. on the way to the classroom, and every day that we can all see beautiful fountain and pool, and forceful huaihe books and rather ？
The most successful person may not be the smartest ones.according to a survey conducted among a group of people who were in the same university ten years ago ， those whose grade-point average was in the middle fifty percent ， all bee rich or managers of different fields ， while not a single young man of the upper ten percent bees an executive or boss. Why the smartest kids in the classwill not end up the richest? Why those who are not excellent in studies tend to be managers or own their own enterprise in their later life? And what factors lead to succein career and life if brains are not the only answer? According to my observation ， academic brightneis only part of the story ， the other factors are very important. One ingredient ， among other things ， is good interpersonal skills. there is stong evidence that friendship can help to tide you over a period of difficulty. With a wide circle of friends who can be trusted yo provide information and resources, your chances of succeare much higher. on the contrary ， if you are petent in profession ， but have difficulty in getting along with your colleagues and even your boss, you can hardly survive the corporation. Another ponent is the ability to expreoneself 。In today s world ， what really counts is the ability to expreoneself rather than technical petence or professional knowledge 。 The larger the orgnization of which you are an employee ， and th fiercer the petition ， the more important it will be that you know how to convey your thoughts and convince others of your ideas. personality is also an important factor. Whatever difficulty or situation ， those who appear relaxed and confident are nearer to success. obviously ， among the ingredients for succe, intelligence counts for the half ， the rest depends on your personality ， and other abilities.
I have a dream that one day every vally shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
Wow, what a dream it has been for Martin Luther King. But the changing world seems telling me that people gradually get their dreams lost somehow in the process of growing up, and sometimes I personally find myself saying goodbye unconsciously to those distant childhood dreams.
However, we meed dreams. They nourish our spirit; they represent possibility even when we are dragged down by reality. They keep us going. Most successful people are dreamers as well as ordinary people who are not afraid to think big and dare to be great. When we were little kids, we all dreamed of doing something big and splashy, something significant. Now what we need to do is to maintain them, refresh them and turn them into reality. However, the toughest part is that we often have no ideas how to translate these dreams into actions. Well, just start with concrete objectives and stick to it. Don’t let the nameless fear confuse the eye and confound our strong belief of future. Through our talents, through our wits, through our endurance and through our creativity, we will make it.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow. So my dear friends, think of your old and maybe dead dreams. Whatever it is, pick it up and make it alive from today.
five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.
but one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the negro is still not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. so we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.
in a sense we have come to our nation"s capital to cash a check. when the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the constitution and the declaration of independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every american was to fall heir. this note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
it is obvious today that america has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. instead of honoring this sacred obligation, america has given the negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." but we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
so we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
we have also come to this hallowed spot to remind america of the fierce urgency of now. this is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of god"s children. now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the negro. this sweltering summer of the negro"s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning.
those who hope that the negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. there will be neither rest nor tranquility in america until the negro is granted his citizenship rights. the whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
but there is something that i must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. in the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
we must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. we must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
the marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
we cannot walk as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. we cannot turn back. there are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "when will you be satisfied?" we can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. we cannot be satisfied as long as the negro"s basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. we can never be satisfied as long as a negro in mississippi cannot vote and a negro in new york believes he has nothing for which to vote. no, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. 《1》《2》
i am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. you have been the veterans of creative suffering. continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
go back to mississippi, go back to alabama, go back to georgia, go back to louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
i say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, i still have a dream. it is a dream deeply rooted in the american dream.
i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
i have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
i have a dream that one day even the state of mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
i have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
i have a dream today.
i have a dream that one day the state of alabama, whose governor"s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
i have a dream today.
i have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
this is our hope. this is the faith with which i return to the south. with this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. with this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. with this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
this will be the day when all of god"s children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "my country, "tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee i sing. land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim"s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
and if america is to be a great nation this must become true. so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of new york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of pennsylvania!
let freedom ring from the snowcapped rockies of colorado!
let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of california!
but not only that; let freedom ring from stone mountain of georgia!
let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee!
let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of mississippi. from every mountainside, let freedom ring.
when we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of god"s children, black men and white men, jews and gentiles, protestants and catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual, "free at last! free at last! thank god almighty, we are free at last!"