【正文】 rnoon. And that blade had gone through, and the Xrays revealed that the tip of the blade was on the edge of my aorta, the main artery. And once thatamp。s punctured, your drowned in your own blood thatamp。s the end of you.
　　It came out in the New York Times the next morning, that if I had merely sneezed, I would have died. Well, about four days later, they allowed me, after the operation, after my chest had been opened, and the blade had been taken out, to move around in the wheel chair in the hospital. They allowed me to read some of the mail that came in, and from all over the states and the world, kind letters came in. I read a few, but one of them I will never forget. I had received one from the President and the VicePresident. Iamp。ve forgotten what those telegrams said. Iamp。d received a visit and a letter from the Governor of New York, but Iamp。ve forgotten what that letter said. But there was another letter that came from a little girl, a young girl who was a student at the White Plains High School. And I looked at that letter, and Iamp。ll never forget it. It said simply,
　　Dear Dr. King,
　　I am a ninthgrade student at the White Plains High School.amp。
　　And she said,
　　While it should not matter, I would like to mention that Iamp。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。m simply writing you to say that Iamp。m so happy that you didnamp。t sneeze.
　　And I want to say tonight I want to say tonight that I too am happy that I didnamp。t sneeze. Because if I had sneezed, I wouldnamp。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。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。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。t ride your back unless it is bent.
　　If I had sneezed If I had sneezed I wouldnamp。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。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。t have been down in Selma, Alabama, to see the great Movement there.
　　If I had sneezed, I wouldnamp。t have been in Memphis to see a munity rally around those brothers and sisters who are suffering.
　　Iamp。m so happy that I didnamp。t sneeze.
　　And they were telling me . Now, it doesnamp。t matter, now. It really doesnamp。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。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。ve had the plane protected and guarded all night.amp。
　　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。t know what will happen now. Weamp。ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesnamp。t matter with me now, because Iamp。ve been to the mountaintop.
　　And I donamp。t mind.
　　Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But Iamp。m not concerned about that now. I just want to do Godamp。s will. And Heamp。s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And Iamp。ve looked over. And Iamp。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。m happy, tonight.
　　Iamp。m not worried about anything.
　　Iamp。m not fearing any man!
　　Mine eyes have seen the glory of the ing of the Lord!!
　　馬丁。金演講稿：我已達至峰頂(中文翻譯)
　　但是我要告訴你們我的想象力給我的啟示。我還記得我和我的妻子第一次到耶路撒冷的情形。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。那真是一條危險的路途啊!在耶穌的時代，它就以”。而為人所知。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”。不是”。問題不是：”。問題是：”。這才是我們的問題。你是馬丁路德金嗎?”。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。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)。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。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。親愛的金博士：我是一個在白原高校廿九年級的學(xué)生，”。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?！?。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《獨立宣言》和《憲法》中深深挖掘。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，因為人不能扛著背前行，除非他的背斷掉了。如果那個時候我打了噴嚏的話，1964年我不會有機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，我不會在孟菲斯看到一個團結(jié)了那么多飽受苦難的兄弟姐妹的社團。
　　而他們告訴我現(xiàn)在，