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P.T. 巴纳姆：奋斗与胜利·补录 415
P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导
Yet, these new lessons conveyed the old, old story. There were those who had fawned upon me in my prosperity, who now jeered at my adversity; people whom I had specially favored, made special efforts to show their ingratitude; papers which, when I had the means to make it an object for them to be on good terms with me, overloaded me with adulation, now attempted to overwhelm me with abuse; and then the immense amount of moralizing over the “instability of human fortunes,” and especially the retributive justice that is sure to follow “ill-gotten gains,” which my censors assumed to be the sum and substance of my honorably acquired and industriously worked for property. I have no doubt that much of this kind of twaddle was believed by the twaddlers to be sincere; and thus my case was actual capital to certain preachers and religious editors who were in want of fresh illustrations wherewith to point their morals.
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定位：Additional excerpt 415 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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巴纳姆发现这些新教训其实是老故事：得意时奉承他的人，失意时嘲笑他；他特别关照过的人，反而特别卖力地表现忘恩负义；曾经吹捧他的报纸，现在用辱骂淹没他。还有人借机说教“人生无常”“不义之财必遭报应”，把他的合法劳动所得说成不义之财。他讽刺这些废话被说教者当成真心，他的案例成了传教士和宗教编辑的现成素材。核心是：世态炎凉是常态，不必对奉承和贬损太当真。做法是识别哪些关系建立在利益上，把精力留给真正的朋友。
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巴纳姆在自传中感慨破产后遭遇的世态炎凉和道德说教，反思人性。
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