【大纪元8月29日讯】大纪元时报华府创刊三周年之际﹐美国维吉尼亚州联邦众议员弗兰克‧沃夫先生特别写信祝福大纪元工作人员及广大读者﹐称赞了大纪元作为自由媒体﹐独辟奚径﹐架起了多文化间的桥梁。全文如下﹕
众议院
弗兰克‧沃夫
维吉尼亚第十选区
2003年8月18日
同你和广大读者共渡这一值得纪念的时刻﹐我深感荣幸。这的确标志着一个新纪元﹐一个特殊的时刻。
在过去的三年中﹐大纪元时报忠诚地填补了一项社会角色﹑毫无疑问是必需的角色之一﹐即自由媒体。大约一个世纪前﹐沃特‧利普曼讲到自由媒体和伟大的社会之间的有机关联时说﹕“在一个伟大的社会中﹐自由媒体不是一种特权而是一种有机的需要‧‧‧一个伟大的社会只是一个巨大而复杂的都市社会。”
大纪元时报在完成这一使命方面有独到之处。在力图给其读者提供及时的信息方面﹐大纪元独辟奚径。大纪元由世界各地的华人编辑﹐她架起了不同文化间的桥梁﹐因努力传播而使所有这些文化都得以加强﹐有助于维护我们伟大的社会。
无论是报纸还是网络媒体﹐大纪元开阔思维﹐传播信息﹐始终不断地开创着有教育﹐见多识广的思维﹐消除了中国谚语的那个警告﹕“封闭的思想好比一本合起来的书﹐只不过是一块木头。”
服务于社会的大纪元工作者及从你们的努力中获益的全社会﹐祝你们成功﹐如孔夫子预见的那样﹐“不知言，无以知人也。”
最诚挚的祝愿﹐
弗兰克‧沃夫
国会众议员
原文如下：
House of Representatives
Washington D.C. 20515
Frank R. Wolf
Tenth District, Virginia
August 18, 2003
Dear Ms. Wang,
I am privileged to share this memorable occasion with you and your readers, one that indeed marks an epoch, or distinctive moment in time.
For three years Epoch Times has faithfully filled one of society’s roles, indeed one of its necessities, that of a free press. Almost a century ago, Walter Lippman addressed the organic interchange between a free press and a great society noting, “A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society… A great society is simply a big and complicate urban society.”
Epoch Times is unique in fulfilling this charge. In its drive to provide timely information to its readers, it has chosen an unusual path. Edited by Chinese people from many geographic regions and nations, it serves as a bridge between cultures, strengthening all as it strives to inform, helping to sustain our great society.
In both paper and electronic medium, the Epoch Times has opened minds and informed, constantly serving to create educated and informed minds, avoiding the admonition of the Chinese proverb that “ A closed mind is like a closed book, just a block of wood.”
To you, who serve society and to the society who benefits from your efforts, I wish you the success envisioned by Confucius who presciently wrote “without knowing the force of words it is impossible to know man.”
With my best wishes and regards,
Sincerely,
Frank R. Wolf
Member of Congrss
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