经典美文：漫漫自由路Long Walk to Freedom
<p><span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="free">free</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="brothers">brothers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sisters">sisters</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="free">free</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="curtailed">curtailed</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="did">did</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hunger">hunger</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="hunger">hunger</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="people">people</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="chains">chains</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chains">chains</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chains">chains</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chains">chains</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="me">me</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lonely">lonely</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="hunger">hunger</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hunger">hunger</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="white">white</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="black">black</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oppressor">oppressor</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="liberatedjust">liberatedjust</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="surely">surely</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oppressed">oppressed</span>.</p><p>我渐渐发现不光是我失去了自由，我的兄弟姐妹也失去了自由。 不光我的自由被大打折扣。看起来和我的一样的所有其他人的自由都被大打折扣。在我加入非洲国民大会的时候，也就是当我从追求个人的自由转变为追求人民的自由的时候。加于每一个人身上的枷锁，就是加于全体人民身上的;加于全体人民身上的枷锁就是加于我身上的枷锁。正是在那些漫长而又孤独的岁月里，我从为我自己的民族斗争转变成为全体的人民——白人和黑人，追求自由的奋斗。我深知正如其他事情一样，压迫者和被压迫者同样必须得到解放。</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="walked">walked</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prison">prison</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="mission">mission</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="liberate">liberate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oppressed">oppressed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oppressor">oppressor</span> <span word="both">both</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="achieved">achieved</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="truth">truth</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="free">free</span>; <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="merely">merely</span> <span word="achieved">achieved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="free">free</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="oppressed">oppressed</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="journey">journey</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="road">road</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="walked">walked</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="falter">falter</span>; <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="missteps">missteps</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="secret">secret</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="climbing">climbing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="hill">hill</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="finds">finds</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="hills">hills</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="climb">climb</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rest">rest</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="steal">steal</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="glorious">glorious</span> <span word="vista">vista</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="surrounds">surrounds</span> <span word="me">me</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="distance">distance</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="come">come</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="moment">moment</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="responsibilities">responsibilities</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="dare">dare</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="linger">linger</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="ended">ended</span>.</p>
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