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约翰·D·洛克菲勒：洛克菲勒回忆录·补录 237
约翰·D·洛克菲勒《洛克菲勒回忆录》· Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · 领导
The next four elements of progress mentioned in the enumeration above, namely, progress in government and law, in language and literature, in science and philosophy, in art and refinement, we for ourselves have thought to be best promoted by means of the higher education, and accordingly we have had the great satisfaction of putting such sums as we could into various forms of education in our own and in foreign lands--and education not merely along the lines of disseminating more generally the known, but quite as much, and perhaps even more, in promoting original investigation. An individual institution of learning can have only a narrow sphere. It can reach only a limited number of people. But every new fact discovered, every widening of the boundaries of human knowledge by research, becomes universally known to all institutions of learning, and becomes a benefaction at once to the whole race.
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定位：Additional excerpt 237 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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洛克菲勒把政府法律、语言文学、科学哲学、艺术修养这四方面的进步，主要寄托于高等教育。因此，他乐于捐资国内外各种教育，不仅传播已知知识，更推动原创研究。他认为，单个学校影响有限，只能触及少数人；但每发现一个新事实，每拓宽一点知识边界，都会通过学术网络传遍所有学府，立刻惠及全人类。这解释了为什么他重视研究型教育：基础研究的成果是公共品，一旦发表，人人可用。对今天的捐赠者或学习者，这提示我们：支持知识创新，比重复传播更有长远价值。
上下文
洛克菲勒在回忆录中阐述其慈善理念，特别强调教育尤其是原创研究对文明进步的推动。
今日一问
你更愿意支持传播已知知识，还是资助探索未知的研究？为什么？
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