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General Westmoreland （[注]Gen. Westmoreland 就是后來出任驻越南美军司令的魏靡兰将军），General Grove, distinguished guests, and gen tiemen of the Corps! As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, Where are you bound for, General?” And when I replied, West Point,he remarked, Beautiful place. Have you ever been there before?** 今天早忌，当我迫出旅馆时，看门人问道「将军，您上哪去？ ”一?听说我要去西点，他说：?那是个好地方，您从前去过吗？ H No human being could fail to be deeply moved by such a tribute as this [Thayer Award]? Coming from a profession I have served so long, and a people I have loved so well, it fills me with an emotion I cannot express? But this award is not intended primarily to honor a pers on ality, but to symbolize a great moral code the code of con duct and chivalry of those who guard this beloved land of culture and ancient descent? That is the animation of this medallion. For all eyes and for all time, it is an expression of the ethics of the American soldier. That I should be integrated in this way with so noble an ideal arouses a sense of pride and yet of humility which will be with me always? 这样的荣誉是没有人不深受感动的。长期以來，我从事这个职业，又如此热爱这个民族，能获得这样的荣誉简直使我无法表达我的感悄。 然而，这种奖赏主要并不意味着对个人的尊崇，而是彖征一个伟大的道徳准则一早卫这块可爱土地上的文化与古老传统的那些人的行 为与品质的准则。这就是这个大奖章的意义。无论现在还是将来,它都是美国军人道徳标准的--种体现。我-定耍遵循这个标准，结合 崇高的理想?唤起口尿感.同时始终保持谦虚…?? Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to bet what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. 贵任、荣誉、国家。这三个神圣的口号，庄严的指出你们耍做的，你们能做的，你们将做的。这是你们振作的起点，当勇气快消失的时 候，由此建立起勇气；当信心快失去的时候，由此恢复起信心；当希望将渺茫的时候，由此点燃起希望。 Un happily, I possess n either that eloquence of diction, that poetry of imaginati on, nor that brilliance of metaphor to tell you all that they mean. 懊恼的是，我既没有流利的词句，i寺人的幻想，又缺少生动的比喻，來向大家说明它们的意义。 The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase? Every pedant, every demagogue,