此刻，余要说上述言论完全是疯话。吾辈情绪激动，神经紧张，理智失常，可以说是得了“爱国癫”。诸位，在此危急关头，情绪激动是决无益处的。激动之情绪，慷慨激昂之爱国呼号，危言耸听之条陈，未尝有助于国。吾辈自称“学子”、“干材”，若只是“纸上”谈兵，则此举未免过于肤浅。
以余观之，吾辈学子，远去祖国，爱莫能助;当务之急，当以镇静处之。让吾等各就本分，各尽责职;吾辈之责任乃是读书学习。不可让报章上所传之纠纷，耽误吾辈之学业。吾等正要严肃、冷静、不惊、不慌，安于学业，力争上流，为将来振兴祖国作好一番准备，只要她能幸免于难--余深信如此--若是不能，吾辈将为在废墟上重建家园而努力!
诸位，这才是吾辈之责任!才是吾辈之当务之急!
余以为，此刻言及对日作战，简直是发疯。我何以作战?主笔先生说，我有一百万敢决一死战之雄狮。且让大家来看一下事实：我仅有十二万士兵谈得上是“训练有素”的，然其装备甚为简陋。而且，我海军毫无战斗力：军中最大之战舰乃一三等巡洋舰，其排水吨位仅为四千三百吨。另外，军火又如何呢?我何以作战?
第51章 民国四年(1915)二月十八日至六月七日(5)
余赤诚以报祖国，此时言及作战，纯系一派胡言，愚不可及。其后果，不仅于国无所改观，而且所得只是任人蹂躏!任人蹂躏!再任人蹂躏!
至于说到比国--那个英勇的比利时!诸位，余要披沥肝胆向你们陈述：螳臂挡车、以卵击石决不是英雄主义!更何况比国当时也不曾料想有今日之惨败。奉劝诸位读一读，由比国人查理·沙罗利博士撰写的《比利时如何拯救欧洲》一书吧。盖比利时深知，一旦战争爆发，英法两国必然赴援。加以列日和安特卫普享有全世界最坚固堡垒之美誉，比国人自信此二城市固若金汤有恃无恐。于是，比国人才为国家之荣誉而孤注一掷!试问，这是真正的勇敢吗?这是真正的英雄气概吗?
诸位，看一看比国，想一想今日之比国人罢!试问，为这种英雄主义之“光彩”而作出全部之牺牲，值得吗?
余并无指责比国人之意。在此，余想指明的是，比国并不值得中国仿效。任何人，若想硬要中国重蹈比国之覆辙，则无异于是对祖国之亵渎。
综上所述，余再重申前言：切勿感情用事：让吾等各就本分，各尽责职，吾辈之责任乃是学习。
远东问题最终解决之症结，不系于对日作战，不系于某些列强施加之外来干涉;不系于任何治标之方法，也不是由列强在华势力均衡或门户开放政策所造成的;更不系于采用日本之门罗主义;凡此种种皆不是最终解决之方法。真正、最终解决之道一定是另有法门--它较吾人今日所想象者当更为深奥。余也不知其在何处，只知它不在哪些地方罢了。还是让吾辈作些冷静、客观之研究吧!从长计议罢!
深盼诸位在詈骂余之前，细读拙文，实不胜企祷之至!
诸位之弟胡适谨上
纽约，绮色佳
读三月份《学生月报》已，已就寝矣，辗转不能成寐，披衣起坐，作此书至夜分二时半始睡。
二五、吾国之岁出岁入
二六、星期日之演说词
(三月廿二日)
thechristiansarechristiansingivingcharitiesandintheirprivateandcivildealings.buttheyarenotchristianswhentheycometointernationalrelations.they“strainatagnat，andswallowacamel!”solongastheprofessedlychristiannationsrecognizenoauthoritybutthatofthe“mailedfist”;solongastheyhavenoregardfortherightandclaimsoftheweakernations;solongastheyplacenationalandcommercialgainandterritorialaggressionoverandabovethedictatesofjusticeandrighteousness，-solongchristianitycanneverbecomeaworldpower，solongallyourmissionaryworkcanneverlongendureandwillallbesweptawayatasignalofmars!
thiswasthestatementofsuhhu，awell-knownchinese，inhislecturelastnightatthepresbyterianchurchon“thechristianopportunityinchina，”thefifthinaseriesoftalkson“thespiritualsignificanceofsecularcallings.”suchwashisopinion，hesaid，afterconsideringthegermanseizureofkiac-chauof1897andthefrenchseizureofkwangchowbayof1898，underthepretextthattwogermanmissionariesandonefrenchmissionaryhadbeenkilledbythemob，bothactsbeingresponsiblefortheboxeruprisingin1900.suhhucontinued：
“ifchristianityistobecomeaworldreligion，itisthedutyofeveryindividualchristianandeverychristianchurchtopledgehimself，herself，oritselftoraisethepresentstandardofinternationalmorality.mostofyoutakeitforgrantedthatwhatyouarefondofcalling‘civilization’isbaseduponthesolidrockofchristianity.butletmetellyouwithallsinceritythatthepresentcivilizationisfounded，notuponthechristianidealsofloveandrighteousness，butuponthelawofthejungle-thelawthatmightmakesright!thinkofthemanychristiannationsnowprayinginthechurchesandtothechristiangodforvictoryandsuccessintheireffortstodestroytheirfellowchristians!andthenthinkofthechristiancommandment：‘loveyeoneanother;lovethyenemy;resistnotevil’.”
aftershowingthegrowingpopularityofchristianityinchinaandthegradualremovalofsuchdifficultiesasthosewhichthepioneermissionaryhadtoencounter，thespeakerdevotedmuchtimetodiscussingwhatthemissionarieshavedoneandcandointhatvastcountry.therearethreelinesofworkwhichthechristianmayaccomplish：first，makingconverts;second，spreadingthechristianideasandideals;andthird，renderingpracticalservice.
“therewasatimewhenthemissionarieswerepaidaccordingtothenumberorconvertstheyhadmade.butthatisnotwhatchinawants，norisitwhatthechurchesshouldemphasizeinsendingtheirmissionaries.
“moreimportantisthespreadingoftheessentialsofchristianity，bywhicharemeant，notthetheologicaldogmassuchasthedoctrinesofvirginbirth，oforiginalsin，ofatonement，etc.，butthetrulychristiandoctrineoflove，oflovingone’sneighbor，ofevenlovingone’senemy，ofnonresistance，offorgiveness，ofself-sacrificeandofservice.themissionaryshouldspreadbroadcastthesechristianideals，andpresentthemtothenativemindsinwhateverwayheseesfit.heshouldnotstresstheincreaseoftherollofhischurchmembers，butratherleavetheseidealstotakerootandbearfruitinthemindsofthepeople.
“athirdandstillmoreimportantobjectofthemissionaryistorenderpracticalservice，underwhichwemayenumerateeducation，socialreform，andmedicalandsurgicalmissions.alongtheselinesthechristianmissionarieshaveaccomplishedagreatdeal，especiallythemedicalmissionswhich，tomymind，arethecrowninggloryandsuccessofthemissionarypropaganda.
“therealvalueofthemissionaryliesinthefactthattheforeignmissionary，likeareturnedstudentfromabroad，alwayscarrieswithhimanewpointofview，acriticalspirit，whichisoftenlackingwhenapeoplehavegrownaccustomedandindifferenttotheexistingorderofthings，andwhichisabsolutelynecessaryforanyreformmovement.”
〔中译〕在做慈善事业方面，在处理个人事务、国内事务方面，耶教徒确实无愧为耶教徒。然而，一介入国际事务时，他们便摇身一变，不是耶教徒了。他们“小事拘谨，大事马虎”!只要这些自称信耶教之国家只认暴力，不认别的;只要他们对弱国之权利和权益不理不睬;只要他们仍置法律与正义于不顾，只管攫取国民和贸易收入，只管侵略别国领土--那么，耶教便不会成为世界上具有权威性之宗教，传教士之传道工作便不会持久地进行，一遇到战神马斯，便会被一扫而尽。
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