【正文】 ains High School.amp。quot。
　　And she said,
　　While it should not matter, I would like to mention that Iamp。39。m a white girl. I read in the paper of your misfortune, and of your suffering. And I read that if you had sneezed, you would have died. And Iamp。39。m simply writing you to say that Iamp。39。m so happy that you didnamp。39。t sneeze.
　　And I want to say tonight I want to say tonight that I too am happy that I didnamp。39。t sneeze. Because if I had sneezed, I wouldnamp。39。t have been around here in 1960, when students all over the South started sittingin at lunch counters. And I knew that as they were sitting in, they were really standing up for the best in the American dream, and taking the whole nation back to those great wells of democracy which were dug deep by the Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
　　If I had sneezed, I wouldnamp。39。t have been around here in 1961, when we decided to take a ride for freedom and ended segregation in interstate travel.
　　If I had sneezed, I wouldnamp。39。t have been around here in 1962, when Negroes in Albany, Georgia, decided to straighten their backs up. And whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man canamp。39。t ride your back unless it is bent.
　　If I had sneezed If I had sneezed I wouldnamp。39。t have been here in 1963, when the black people of Birmingham, Alabama, aroused the conscience of this nation, and brought into being the Civil Rights Bill.
　　If I had sneezed, I wouldnamp。39。t have had a chance later that year, in August, to try to tell America about a dream that I had had.
　　If I had sneezed, I wouldnamp。39。t have been down in Selma, Alabama, to see the great Movement there.
　　If I had sneezed, I wouldnamp。39。t have been in Memphis to see a munity rally around those brothers and sisters who are suffering.
　　Iamp。39。m so happy that I didnamp。39。t sneeze.
　　And they were telling me . Now, it doesnamp。39。t matter, now. It really doesnamp。39。t matter what happens now. I left Atlanta this morning, and as we got started on the plane, there were six of us. The pilot said over the public address system, amp。quot。We are sorry for the delay, but we have Dr. Martin Luther King on the plane. And to be sure that all of the bags were checked, and to be sure that nothing would be wrong with on the plane, we had to check out everything carefully. And weamp。39。ve had the plane protected and guarded all night.amp。quot。
　　And then I got into Memphis. And some began to say the threats, or talk about the threats that were out. What would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers?
　　Well, I donamp。39。t know what will happen now. Weamp。39。ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesnamp。39。t matter with me now, because Iamp。39。ve been to the mountaintop.
　　And I donamp。39。t mind.
　　Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But Iamp。39。m not concerned about that now. I just want to do Godamp。39。s will. And Heamp。39。s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And Iamp。39。ve looked over. And Iamp。39。ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!
　　
　　And so Iamp。39。m happy, tonight.
　　Iamp。39。m not worried about anything.
　　Iamp。39。m not fearing any man!
　　Mine eyes have seen the glory of the ing of the Lord!!
　　馬丁。路德。金演講稿：我已達(dá)至峰頂(中文翻譯)
　　但是我要告訴你們我的想象力給我的啟示。很可能其實(shí)是這些人都覺得害怕，你看，耶利哥之路是一條危險的路途。我還記得我和我的妻子第一次到耶路撒冷的情形。我們租了一輛車然后從耶路撒冷開往耶利哥，但我們上路之后，我就跟我妻子說道:”。我現(xiàn)在明白為什么耶穌要拿這條路來作比喻了?！?。這是一條蜿蜒曲折的道路，非常有利于埋伏，你從耶路撒冷出發(fā)，這大約是1200英里，也即海平面以上1200英尺。而當(dāng)15或者20分鐘之后，你到達(dá)耶利哥時，你卻在海平面以下2200英尺。那真是一條危險的路途啊!在耶穌的時代，它就以”。血腥之途(Bloody Pass)”。而為人所知。而且你知道，可能那個利未人和那個教士檢查了地上的那個人，而懷疑那些盜賊是否仍在附近，抑或是他們認(rèn)為這個人僅僅是在偽裝，他只是裝作被搶劫了被打傷了，目的是為了抓住他們，引誘他們從而快速而簡單的捉住他們。所以那個利未人的第一個問題是：如果我停下來幫助這個人的話，有什么事會發(fā)生在我身上?但是接著那個好心的撒瑪利亞人(Samaritan)過來了，他顛倒著這個問題：如果我不停下來幫助這個人的話他會怎么樣?這就是今晚擺在我們面前的問題，不是”。如果我停下來幫助這些環(huán)衛(wèi)工人的話，我的工作會有什么影響?”。不是”。如果我停下來幫助這些環(huán)衛(wèi)工人的話，那些我作為一個牧師花在辦公室里的一天接一天，一個禮拜接一個禮拜的時間會怎么樣?”。問題不是：”。如果我?guī)椭诉@個需要幫助的人，我會怎么樣?”。問題是：”。如果我不幫助這些環(huán)衛(wèi)工人的話，他會怎么樣?”。這才是我們的問題。
　　今晚讓我們以更高的積極性起來反抗吧!讓我們以更大的決心站起來!讓我們在這偉大的時代繼續(xù)前行，在這有機(jī)會使美國成為真正的美國的時代!我們有這樣一個機(jī)會使美國成為一個更好的國家!同時，我要再一次感謝仁慈的主，讓我能和你們在一起前行!
　　你們應(yīng)該知道，幾年前，那時我在紐約，為我的第一本書簽名，當(dāng)我坐在那里簽名的時候，一個精神有問題的黑人婦女過來了，我聽到他問的唯一一個問題就是：”。你是馬丁路德金嗎?”。但是我正埋頭簽名，我回答道：”。是啊。”。接著下一秒我就感覺到我的胸部被什么東西刺中了，在我意識到的時候我已經(jīng)被這個精神有問題的婦女刺中了。我即刻被送到了Harlem醫(yī)院，這是一個黑沉沉的禮拜六的下午。那柄刀穿透了我的胸部，通過X光片可以看到刀刃正好從主動脈的邊緣穿過，一旦主動脈被刺穿，你就會被你的血所淹沒，也就是你的生命將終結(jié)。第二天早上紐約時報上登出來了，如果我打了噴嚏的話，我就會死掉。四天之后，在手術(shù)之后，在我的胸口被打開刀刃被取出來之后，他們允許我坐在輪椅上在醫(yī)院里四處走走，他們允許我看一些從美國乃至世界各地郵寄來的信件，善意的來信。我看了一些，但是只有一封我永遠(yuǎn)都不會忘記。我收到了一封總統(tǒng)先生和副總統(tǒng)先生的來信，但我已經(jīng)忘了信上說了什么了。我還接受了紐約市長的訪問以及他的一封信，我也幾經(jīng)忘了這封信上說的什么了。但是有一封信，來自一個小姑娘，她在白原高校(White Plains High School)念書，我看了那封信，我終生難忘。信很簡單：”。親愛的金博士：我是一個在白原高校廿九年級的學(xué)生，”。她說，”。這雖然沒有什么關(guān)系，但我還是要說出來，我是個白人女孩，我在報紙上看到你的不幸，你的遭遇。并且我讀到如果你打了噴嚏的話，就會死掉，而我寫這封信給你其實(shí)只是想告訴你，我真的很高興你沒有打噴嚏?！?。
　　今晚我想說，今晚，我想說，我也很高興我沒有打噴嚏，因?yàn)槿绻莻€時候我打了噴嚏的話，1960年我就不會出現(xiàn)在這里，當(dāng)時整個南部的(黑人)學(xué)生開始了在午餐臺邊坐著吃飯，而我知道當(dāng)他們可以坐著吃飯的時候，他們正真正抬起頭來實(shí)現(xiàn)著美國夢中最美妙的精神。他們帶著整個國家回歸到偉大的民主的源泉，這源泉由建國者們在《獨(dú)立宣言》和《憲法》中深深挖掘。那個時候我打了噴嚏的話，1961年，我不會出現(xiàn)在這里，那時我們決定搭上自由之車，終止在州與州之間旅行時存在的隔離。如果那個時候我打了噴嚏的話，1962年我不會出現(xiàn)在這里，當(dāng)時，在佐治亞的奧爾巴尼，人們決定挺直他們的腰桿，而一旦人們挺直了腰板，他們才會有所建樹，因?yàn)槿瞬荒芸钢城靶校撬谋硵嗟袅?。如果那個時候我打了噴嚏的話，1963年我不會出現(xiàn)在這里，那時，阿拉巴馬伯明翰的黑人們喚起了這個國家的良知，使民權(quán)法案獲得了通過。如果那個時候我打了噴嚏的話，1964年我不會有機(jī)會告訴美國我一直以來的一個夢想。如果那個時候我打了噴嚏的話，我不會在阿拉巴馬塞爾瑪目睹一場偉大的運(yùn)動。如果那個時候我打了噴嚏的話，我不會在孟菲斯看到一個團(tuán)結(jié)了那么多飽受苦難的兄弟姐妹的社團(tuán)。我真的很高興我沒有打噴嚏。
　　而他們告訴我現(xiàn)在，沒有。