Functional Styles. Афанасьева Н.Р - 14 стр.

        1. Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice,            and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power
President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Rev-            by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.
erend Clergy, fellow citizens:                                                       9. To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe
        2. We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of       struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best ef-
freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying re-            forts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required –
newal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty             not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek
God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century            their votes, but because it is right.
and three-quarters ago.                                                             10. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it can-
        3. The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal       not save the few who are rich.
hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of              11. To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special
human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our fore-        pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance
bears fought are still at issue around the globe – the belief that the        for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off
rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the          the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot be-
hand of God.                                                                  come the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we
        4. We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first       shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in
revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and     the Americas.
foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of                    12. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends
Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a           to remain the master of its own house.
hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage – and unwilling to             13. To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Na-
witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this        tions, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have
nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed               far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of sup-
                                                                              port – to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective, to
today at home and around the world.
                                                                              strengthen its shield of the new and the weak, and to enlarge the area
        5. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that
                                                                              in which its writ may run.
we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support
                                                                                    14. Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our
any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of
                                                                              adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin
liberty.
                                                                              anew the quest for peace – before the dark powers of destruction
        6. This much we pledge – and more.
                                                                              unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-
        7. To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we
                                                                              destruction.
share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United there is little we
                                                                                    15. We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our
cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we
                                                                              arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that
can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split
                                                                              they will never be employed. But neither can two great and powerful
asunder.                                                                      groups of nations take comfort from our present course -- both sides
        8. To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the            overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by
free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not          the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that un-
have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny.            certain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war. So
We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we           let us begin anew – remembering on both sides that civility is not a
shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom –        sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.

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