自由女神像是法国赠予美国人民的礼物，于1886年10月28日在纽约港揭幕。其正式名称“照亮世界的自由女神”，旨在纪念美国独立战争，法国曾以资金、舰船和士兵支持这场战争。
The Statue of Liberty, France’s gift to the American people, was dedicated in New York Harbor on Oct. 28, 1886. Her formal name, “Liberty Enlightening the World,” honored the American Revolution, which France backed with money, ships and soldiers.
遗憾的是，法国的其他一些馈赠却远不如自由女神像有益。两个多世纪以来，法国知识分子自诩为人类的代言人。人类往往听从了他们的声音，却因此受害。法国的思想导致了君主制的推翻和革命者的武装，并充斥着西方大学的阅读书单。许多思想以解放教义的面目出现，最终却以悲剧收场。如今账单已送达法国，美国人应当仔细阅读。
Unfortunately, some of France’s other gifts have been far less helpful. For more than 200 years, French intellectuals have presumed to speak for humanity. Too often humanity listened, to its detriment. French ideas have led to the toppling of monarchies and the arming of revolutionaries, and they fill the reading lists of Western universities. Many of these ideas were offered as doctrines of liberation but ended in tragedy. Now the bill has arrived in France, and Americans should read it closely.