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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 15

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

All the forenoon I turned grass as fast as two men could cut it, and after a hasty repast at noon, one of our hired men, a good natured Irishman, named Edmund, took an axe on his shoulder and announced that he was ready to accompany me to “Ivy Island.” We started, and as we approached the north end of the meadow we found the ground swampy and wet and were soon obliged to leap from bog to bog on our route. A misstep brought me up to my middle in water. To add to the dilemma a swarm of hornets attacked me. Attaining the altitude of another bog I was cheered by the assurance that there was only a quarter of a mile of this kind of travel to the edge of my property. I waded on. In about fifteen minutes more, after floundering through the morass, I found myself half-drowned, hornet-stung, mud-covered, and out of breath, on comparatively dry land.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 15 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆为了查看自己名下的一块地,跟着雇工穿过沼泽。他先干了一上午农活,中午匆忙吃饭后出发。越靠近草地北端,地面越湿软,他们只能从一个草墩跳到另一个草墩。他一步没踩稳,陷到齐腰深的水里,又被一群大黄蜂围攻。听说再走四分之一英里就能到自己的地界,他咬牙继续蹚水。大约十五分钟后,他浑身湿透、被蜂蜇、沾满泥巴、上气不接下气,终于踩上相对干燥的地面。这段经历说明:想得到属于自己的东西,往往得先吃一番苦头;真正去现场看过,才知道值不值得。

上下文

这是巴纳姆自传《奋斗与胜利》中的一段。他年轻时在康涅狄格州贝塞尔镇生活,父亲让他去看一块叫“常春藤岛”的产业。

今日一问

你最近有没有为了一个目标,亲自去蹚过“泥沼”?还是只停留在想象里?

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