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・'Era of Responsibility'
喫茶店にこもってマンガ読んでから、試験のテキスト読んでレポート２つ作ったら飽きたので読書して、テレビ見ていたら結局また酒を飲んでしまった。
大統領就任演説、全文はこちら。
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/us/politics/20text-obama.html?ref=politics)
建国以来の歴史、戦争と経済の危機、先人の栄光、環境と教育への冒険、多文化共生、利他性・・・
そう、問題は歴史観なのだ。
「物語」はやはり人をその気にする強い力を持っていて、今日ここに、また新しい「物語」がスタートしたのだ。

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood.

They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.

America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment - a moment that will define a generation - it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.

"Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."