爱德华·博克自传·补录 323 · 爱德华·博克

"I hope I shall not offend you; I shall certainly say nothing with the intention to offend you. I must explain myself, however, and I will do it as kindly as I can. What you ask me to do, I am asked to do as often as one-half dozen times a week. Three hundred letters a year! One's impulse is to freely consent, but one's time and necessary occupations will not permit it. There is no way but to decline in all cases, making no exceptions, and I wish to call your attention to a thing which has probably not occurred to you, and that is this: that no man takes pleasure in exercising his trade as a pastime. Writing is my trade, and I exercise it only when I am obliged to. You might make your request of a doctor, or a builder, or a sculptor, and there would be no impropriety in it, but if you asked either of those for a specimen of his trade, his handiwork, he would be justified in rising to a point of order. It would never be fair to ask a doctor for one of his corpses to remember him by.

出处： https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位：Additional excerpt 323 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录

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有人写信求名家墨宝，名家回信婉拒：每周被求五六次，一年三百封，若都答应就没法干活。他说写作是我的行当，我只在不得不写时才写；没人把干本行当消遣。你向医生、建筑师、雕塑家要作品留念，他们也有权拒绝——向医生要一具尸体作纪念，显然荒唐。核心是：尊重专业者的时间，别把别人的谋生技能当免费消遣；拒绝时把道理讲清，不针对个人。

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这是19世纪美国作家回绝求字信的话，由博克收录在回忆录中。

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你最近一次求人帮忙，是否占用了对方的谋生时间？

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健康 · 张仲景《金匮要略》

諸病黃家，但利其小便；假令脈浮，當以汗解之，宜桂枝加黃耆湯主之。

各种黄疸病，一般治疗原则是利小便，使湿热从小便排出。但如果脉象浮，说明病邪在表，应当用发汗的方法解除，适合用桂枝加黄芪汤主治。这体现了中医“因势利导”的思路：病在里就利小便，病在表就发汗，不能一律用利湿退黄。关键要先辨明病位在表还是在里，再选择相应的出路。

投资 · 陈梦雷等（编）《钦定古今图书集成·食货典》

祭酒周洪謨著《流民說》，略曰：「東晉時，廬松之民流至荊州，乃僑置松滋縣於荊江之南。雍州之民流聚襄陽，乃僑置南雍州於襄水之側，此曩代制置流民之道也。若聽其近者附籍，遠者設州縣以撫之，流者皆齊民矣。」其後流民復集，右都御史李賓上其說。上命原傑往涖其事，招流民十二萬三千餘戶，給閒田，建郡縣以統治之。河南巡撫張瑄亦請河南、山東、山西、北直隸各撫輯流民。制可。時成化十二年也。初，太祖即位，設養濟院，收無告者，月給衣糧。又設漏澤園葬貧民。天下府州…

处理流民要给他们活路和归属。祭酒周洪谟著《流民说》，举东晋侨置郡县安顿流民为例，主张就近附籍、远处设州县安抚，使流民成为编户齐民。后来右都御史李宾上奏此说，宪宗命原杰去办，招抚流民十二万三千余户，给闲田、建郡县管理。河南巡抚张瑄也请各地抚辑流民，成化十二年批准。此前太祖设养济院收无告者，月给衣粮，设漏泽园葬贫民，立义塚、行养老。这说明安置流民要授田、设行政、给保障，让他们安定下来。

事业 · P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》

At the end of that time, after exhibiting in all sections of the country, we sold out the entire establishment--animals, cages, chariots and paraphernalia, excepting one elephant, which I retained in my own possession…

巡演全国后，巴纳姆把整个演出班子——动物、笼子、战车和装备——全卖了，只留下一头大象，自己养了两个月，专门用来干农活。他想：如果让大象在布里奇波特的农场犁地，就是给美国博物馆做绝佳广告，而博物馆一直是他最上心的事业。核心是把闲置资产变成广告素材。做法是保留一个能制造话题的“道具”，把它放到反差极大的场景里（大象犁地），引发好奇和传播，再引流到主业。

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