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作者: sitifan () 看板: Brethren
標題: 馬偕的「最後的住家」
時間: Mon Aug 3 17:30:31 2015
英文傳記From Far Formosa，第一章的 ”Early years of the author ” 的第一段有如
下的原文如下，可跟上面台語詩/歌詞比較，台語詩的部分可說直接引用此文的粗斜體字
。
「FAR Formosa is dear to my heart. On that island the best of my years have
been spent. There the interest of my life has been centered. I love to look
up to its lofty peaks, down into its yawning chasms, and away out on its
surging sea. I love its dark-skinned people—Chinese, Pepohoan, and
savage