It was a dark and stormy night. The officer on the bridge came to the captain and said, "Captain, Captain, there is a light in our sea lane and they won't move."
"What do you mean they won't move? Tell them to move. Tell them starboard right now."
The signal was sent out, "Starboard, starboard, "The signal comes back, " Starboard yourself. "
"I can't believe this. What's going on here? Let them know who I am." The signal sent out, "this is the mighty Missouri, starboard." The signal comes back, "This is the lighthouse."
My friends, correct principles are lighthouses, they do not move. They are nature laws. We can't break them. We can only break ourselves against them. We might as well learn them, accommodate them, utilize them and be grateful for them. Then it enlarges us and emancipates us and empowers us.
TS.Eliot once sad something I think is appropriate as we come to the conclusion of our visit together. He said, "we are never cease from striving, and the end of all of our striving will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time."
那是個漆黑的、狂風暴雨的夜晚，大副從駕駛室出來走向船長說：「船長，船長，我們的海道上有燈光，而且他們不願移開。」
「他們不願移開是什麼意思?叫他們移開。告訴他們立即右偏。」
信號發了出去：「右偏，右偏。」發回來的信號說：「你自己右偏。」
「我就不信。這是怎麼了?讓他們知道我是誰。」信號發出去：「這裡是密蘇裡巨輪，請右偏。」信號發了回來：「這裡是燈塔。」
朋友們，正確的原則猶如燈塔，他們不會移動。它們是自然法則。我們打破不了。我們要麼讓自己與它們相悖，要麼去學習它們、調整它們、利用它們，並感激它們。然後我們自己得以發展，得以解放，得到使用這些原則的能力。
T S ·愛略特曾說過一句話，我認為很適合用來做此行的結束語。他說：「我們將永不放棄奮鬥，經過全力以赴的奮鬥後，我們將到達出發之地，並重新認識這個地方。」