塞尼卡福尔斯感伤宣言与决议（1/2）

The Seneca Falls Decration of Sentts aions

伊丽莎白·凯蒂·斯坦顿 / Elizabeth Cady Stanton

伊丽莎白·凯蒂·斯坦顿（1815—1902），美国女权运动的伟大领袖，1848年7月19日至20日，她与另外四位妇女筹划召开了一次会议，“讨论社会、公民、宗教状况和妇女的权利问题”。在斯坦顿的领导下，小组起草了一个模仿《独立宣言》的《感伤宣言》。大约100名妇女和男士聚会纽约的塞尼卡福尔斯，讨论、修改并接受了她们的《宣言》。比起普遍蔑视妇女权利，尤其是蔑视妇女投票权的舆论来，她们要进步得多。

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Uand these new words before you read this article.

1.destructive [distr?ktiv] adj.引起破坏（或毁灭）的；破坏（或毁灭）性的

2.disfranchisent [d?s, fr?nt?a?z?nt] n.剥夺公民权

3.preeent [pri:?e?n?nt] adj.卓越的，杰出的，超群的

4.assebly [?sebli] n.集会，集合；集合的人们；立法机构，议会

1.Decration of Sentts

When,the urse of huas, it bees necessary for one portion of the faily of an to assu aong the people of the earth a position different fro that which they have hitherto oupied, but oo which the ws of nature and of nature’s God entitle the, a det respect to the opions of ankd requires that they should decre the caes that ipel the to such a urse.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all n and won are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certa alienable rights; that aong these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happess; that to secure these rights governnts are stituted, derivg their jt powers fro theof the governed.Whenever any for of governnt bees destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer fro it to refe allegiao it, and to sist upoitution of a new governnt, yg its foundation on such prciples, and anizg its powerssuch for, as to the shall see ost likely to effect their safety and happess.Prudence, deed, will dictate that governnts loablished should not be ged fht and tra caes; and aly all experieh shown that ankd are ore disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than tht theselves by abolishg the fors to which they are atod.But when a long tra of abes and urpations, pursug variably the sa object, evces a design to reduce the under absote despotis, it is their duty to throw off such governnt, and to provide new guards for their future security.Such has beeient sufferance of the won uhis governnt, and such is now the y whistras the to deand the equal station to which they are entitled.The history of ankd is a history of repeated juries and urpations on the part of an toward woan, havgdirect object the establishnt of an absote tyranny over her.

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Now,view ofthis entire disfranchisent of one-half the people of thisuntry, their social and religio degradation— view of the unjt ws above ntioned, and becae won do feel theselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently deprived of their ost sacred rights, we sist that they have idiate adission to all the rights and privileges which belong to the as citizens of the Uates.

Ierg upon the great work before , we anticipate no sall aount of ision, isrepresentation and ridicule; but we shall e every struntality with our power to effect our object.We shall eploy agents, circute tracts, petitioate and National legistures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the pressour behalf.We hope this vention will be followed by a series of ventions ebracg every part of the untry.

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