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to speculation with other peoples money。 and finally in our progress toward a resumption of work, we require two safeguards against the return of the evils of the old order。 hand in hand with that, we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution in an effort to provide better use of the land for those best fitted for the land. restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. this nation is asking for action, and action now. happiness lies not in the mere possession of money it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative efforts, the joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. these dark days, my friends, will be worth all they cost us, if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered on to, but to minister to ourselves, to our fellow men. true, they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the patten 您正在查看《羅斯福就職演講稿英文》 of an outworn tradition. faced by a failure of credit, they have proposed only the lending of more money stripped of the lure of profit by which they induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortation, pleading tearfully for restored confidence. they only know the rules of a generation of self seekers. they have no vision, and when there is no vision, the people perish. and yet, our distress es from no failure of substance, we are stricken by no plague of locusts. pared with the perils which our forefathers conquered, because they believed and more important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equal and great number toil with little return. only a foolish optimist can deny the dark taxes have risen, our ability to pay has fallen, government of all kinds is faced by serious curta您正在查看《羅斯福就職演講稿英文》 iiment of ine, the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade。 this is a day of national consecration, and i am certain that on this day my fellow americans expect that on my induction in the presidency i will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impeis. this is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly nor need we shrink from honestly facing the conditio