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本杰明·富兰克林《本杰明·富兰克林自传》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · 领导
I began now to have some acquaintance among the young people of the town, that were lovers of reading, with whom I spent my evenings very pleasantly; and gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably, forgetting Boston as much as I could, and not desiring that any there should know where I resided, except my friend Collins, who was in my secret, and kept it when I wrote to him. At length, an incident happened that sent me back again much sooner than I had intended. I had a brother-in-law, Robert Holmes, master of a sloop that traded between Boston and Delaware. He being at Newcastle, forty miles below Philadelphia, heard there of me, and wrote me a letter mentioning the concern of my friends in Boston at my abrupt departure, assuring me of their good will to me, and that every thing would be accommodated to my mind if I would return, to which he exhorted me very earnestly. I wrote an answer to his letter, thank'd him for his advice, but stated my reasons for quitting Boston fully and in such a light as to convince him I was not so wrong as he had apprehended.
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定位:Additional excerpt 24 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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富兰克林开始在镇上结交一些喜欢读书的年轻人,晚上和他们一起度过愉快的时光;他靠勤劳和节俭攒了钱,生活得很惬意,尽量忘记波士顿,也不想让那里的人知道他的下落,只告诉了好友柯林斯并让他保密。然而,一件意外让他比原计划更早回去。他的姐夫罗伯特·霍姆斯是一艘往返波士顿和特拉华之间帆船的船长。霍姆斯在纽卡斯尔(费城下游四十英里)听说了富兰克林,便写信告诉他波士顿的亲友对他突然离开很担心,并保证只要他回去,一切都会顺他的意,恳切地劝他回去。富兰克林回信感谢建议,但充分陈述了离开波士顿的理由,让姐夫相信他并没有错。
上下文
富兰克林在费城逐渐站稳脚跟,但家人仍希望他回波士顿。姐夫的来信成为他短暂返乡的契机。
今日一问
当家人劝你回到安稳的老路时,你如何清晰表达自己的选择理由?
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