EnglishSalonBarackObamaBarackHusseinObama,bornonAugust4,1961,isthejuniorUnitedStatesSenatorfromIllinoisandpresidentialnomineeoftheDemocraticPartyinthe2008UnitedStatespresidentialelection.ChangehascometoAmerica.BarackObama’sVictorySpeech

ChangeHasCometoAmerica

2008.11.4Part1Part2Itgrewstrengthfromtheyoungpeoplewhorejectedthemythoftheirgeneration’sapathywholefttheirhomesandtheirfamiliesforjobsthatofferedlittlepayandlesssleep.Itdrewstrengthfromthenot-so-youngpeoplewhobravedthebittercoldandscorchingheattoknockondoorsofperfectstrangers,andfromthemillionsofAmericanswhovolunteeredandorganizedandprovedthatmorethantwocenturieslateragovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,andforthepeoplehasnotperishedfromtheEarth.Thisisyourvictory.而競選活動的聲勢越來越大則是源自那些年輕人，他們拒絕接受認為他們這代人冷漠的荒誕說法；他們離開家、離開親人，從事報酬微薄、極其辛苦的工作；同時也源自那些已經不算年輕的人們，他們冒著嚴寒酷暑，敲開陌生人的家門進行競選宣傳；更源自數百萬的美國民眾，他們自動自發地組織起來，證明了在兩百多年以后，民有、民治、民享的政府并未從地球上消失。這是你們的勝利。

Theroadaheadwillbelong.Ourclimbwillbesteep.Wemaynotgetthereinoneyearoreveninoneterm.

But,America,IhaveneverbeenmorehopefulthanIamtonightthatwewillgetthere.Ipromiseyou,weasapeoplewillgetthere.

前方的道路會十分漫長艱辛。我們可能無法在一年甚至一屆任期之內實現上述目標，但我從未像今晚這樣滿懷希望，相信我們會實現。

Whentherewasdespairinthedustbowlanddepressionacrosstheland,shesawanationconquerfearitselfwithaNewDeal,newjobs,anewsenseofcommonpurpose.Yeswecan.Whenthebombsfellonourharborandtyrannythreatenedtheworld,shewastheretowitnessagenerationrisetogreatnessandademocracywassaved.Yeswecan.ShewasthereforthebusesinMontgomery,thehosesinBirmingham,abridgeinSelma,andapreacherfromAtlantawhotoldapeoplethat“WeShallOvercome.”Yeswecan.CultureBackgroundIfyouconfinetruthundertheearth,itwillkeepgrowingandaccumulatingitsstrengthofexplosion.Thedaywhenitexplodes,itcanremoveallobstacles.MomentinHistory1600.2.17GiordanoBruno

布魯諾1431.5JoanofArc圣女貞德1925.7TheMonkeyTrialInquisition宗教裁判所1220ADPeeloftheskinDismemberBurnatstake1483——1820Spain30，0000TheevilpartofReligionRScienceDemocracy曾經匍匐在上帝腳下的人類，終于大膽地抬起頭來，開始用自己理性的眼光打量世界。

———紀錄片大國崛起

第四集

SirIsaacNewton

OxfordUniversityMuseumon30June1860CharlesDarwin'sOntheOriginofSpecies.ThomasHenryHuxleyBishopSamuelWilberforceI

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————Voltaire

（伏爾泰）DemocracyWeholdthesetruthstobeself-evident，thatallmanarecreatedequal，thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertaininalienableRights，thatamongtheseareLife，LibertyandthepursuitofHappiness.

----TheDeclarationofIndependenceHuss胡司（波希米亞宗教改革家）Bruno布魯諾（意大利天文學家）Copernicus哥白尼（波蘭天文學家）Galileo伽利略（意大利天文學家）Luther,Mart