【文章內容簡介】 For “Each age is a dream that is dying , or one that is ing to birth.”Many voices are heard as we face a great says , “Tarry a while.” Opportunism says , “This is a good spot.”Timidity asks , “How difficult is the road ahead ?”True ,we have e far from the days of stagnation and has been and confidence have been and moral horizons have been our present gains were won under the pressure of more than ordinary became imperative under the good of fear and times were on the side of hold to progress today , however , is more conscience , irresponsibility , and ruthless selfinterest already symptoms of prosperity may bee portents of disaster!Prosperity already tests the persistence of our progressive us ask again : Have we reach the goal of our vision of that fourth day of March 1933 ? Have we found our happy valley ? I see a great nation , upon a great continent , blessed with a great wealth of natural hundred and thirty million people are at peace among themselves。they are making their county a good neighbour among the see a U nited States which can demonstrate that , under democratic methods of government , national wealth can be translated into a spreading volume of human forts hitherto unknown , and the lowest standard of livingcan be raised far above the level of mere here is the challenge to our democracy : In this nation I see tens of millions of its citizensa substantial part of its whole populationwho at this very moment are denied the greater part of what the very lowest standards of today call the necessities of see millions of families trying to live on ines so meager that the pall of family disaster hangs over them day by see millions whose daily lives in city and on farm continue under conditions labeled indecent by a socalled polite society half a century see millions denied education , recreation , and the opportunity to better their lot and the lot of their see millions lacking the means to buy the products of farm and factory and by their poverty denying work and productiveness to many other see onethird of a nation illclad , illhoused , is not in despair that I paint you that paint it for you in hopebecause the Nation , seeing and understanding the injustice in it , proposes to paint it are determined to make every American citizen the subject of his country’s interest and concern。and we will never regard any faithful lawabiding group within our borders we add more to the abundance of those who have much。it is whether we provide enough for those who have too I know aught of the spirit and purpose of our Nation , we will not listen to Comfort , Opportunism , and will carry , we of the Republic are men and women of good will。men and women who have more than warm hearts of dedication。men and women who have cool heads and willing hands of practical purpose as will insist that every agency of popular government use effective instruments to carry out their is petent when all who pose it work as trustees for the whole can make constant progress when it keeps abreast of all the can obtain justified support and legitimate criticism when the people receive true information of all that go