The brave men,living and dead,who struggled here,have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

The crucial point here for us is that immortality means not just living a very long time or even an extraordinarily long time, but literally living forever.

这里至关重要的一点是永生,不仅意味着生存很长一段时间,甚至极其漫长的一段时间，而是指永远生存下去。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But,in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow,this ground - The brave men, living and dead,who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

VOA: special.2011.02.07

"I've really been blessed with being able to do what I like to do, and being able to sort of make a living at it, or being able to still be here."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06