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e that he had to bail out of his ship. and that when he landed on Chinese soil and saw the populace running toward him, he just waved his arm and shouted the only Chinese word he knew,”。因此,今天本人在此發(fā)表的即席演說,我確信各位一定會包容。昨天,我碰巧向總統(tǒng)先生提及此事,我說我很高興知道,以他如此知名又公認(rèn)一流的演說家,還必須寫這麼多份草稿。 but I am not so very much discouraged, because a few days ago I was at Hyde Park, and went to the Presidents library. Something I saw there encouraged me, and made me feel that perhaps you will not expect overmuch of me in speaking to you extemporaneously. What do you think I saw there I saw many things, but the one thing which interested me most of all was that in a glass case there was the first draft of one of the Presidents speeches, a second draft, and on and on up to the sixth draft. Yesterday I happened to mention this fact to the President, and told him that I was extremely glad that he had to