English Original
Mr. Henry Beecher entered Plymouth Church one Sunday and found several letters awaiting him. He opened one and found it contained the single word "Fool". Quietly and with becoming seriousness, he announced to the congregation:
"I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter."
中文翻译
一个星期天，亨利·比彻先生走进普利茅斯教堂，发现有几封信在等着他。他打开其中一封，发现里面只写着一个词：“傻瓜”。他平静而庄重地向会众宣布：
“我见过许多写信却忘了签名的人，但这是我头一次见到只签了名却忘了写信的人。”