本文是麥克阿瑟寫給獨生子的祈禱文英文標題：A Father’s Prayer譯文摘自網絡，譯者佚名； 主啊！懇求你教導我的兒子，使他在軟弱時，能夠堅強不屈；在懼怕時能夠勇敢自持，在誠實的失敗中，毫不氣餒；?在勝利中，仍能保持謙虛溫和。 Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when heis weak, brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. 主啊！懇求你教導我的兒子，篤實力行而不空想；{引領他認識你，同時讓他知道，-認識自己，才是一切知識的基石。 Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds; a son who will know Thee — and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge. 主啊！我祈求你，%不要使他走上安逸、舒適之途，g;求你將他置於困難、艱難和挑戰的磨鍊中，-求你引領他，使他學習在風暴中挺身站立，@並學會憐恤那些失敗跌倒的人。 Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail. 主啊！求你塑造我的兒子，4y求你讓他有一顆純潔的心，$(WB並有遠大的目標；)I使他在能指揮別人之前，-p先懂得駕馭自己；當邁入未來之際，永不忘記過去的教訓。 Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past. 主啊！在他有了這些美德之後，我還要祈求你賜給他充分的幽默感，s使他認真嚴肅，又不至於盛氣凌人。y2McAnd after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously.求你賜給他謙卑的心，使他永遠記得，@;真正的偉大是單純，F真正的智慧是坦率，@z`真正的力量是溫和。 Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the meekness of true strength. 然後，作為父親的我，c才敢輕輕地說：『我這一生總算沒有白白活着。』 Then, I, his father, will dare to whisper, 『I have not lived in vain.』
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