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P.T. 巴纳姆：奋斗与胜利·补录 460
P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导
A few days before my arrival, a young lady hung herself. Indeed, several suicides occur in all the German spas every year from the one cause--ruin by gambling; but so callous do the players, as well as the card-dealers become, that I can easily credit a story told me at Homburg, the greatest gambling place in Europe: A Frenchman, sitting at the table where scores of others were betting their money, lost his last sou, and immediately drew a razor from his pocket and cut his throat. The circumstance was scarcely sufficient to induce the players to raise their eyes from the cards;--it was a mere incident, an episode in matters more important. A sheet was thrown over the body, and as the servants quietly removed the corpse, some one slipped into the vacated chair, the dealer crying out in French, “make your bets, gentlemen,” and the play went on as usual.
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定位：Additional excerpt 460 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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就在巴纳姆到达前几天，一位年轻女士上吊自杀了。事实上，德国各个温泉疗养地每年都有人因赌博倾家荡产而自杀。但赌徒和发牌人早已麻木。巴纳姆在洪堡——欧洲最大的赌场——听到一个故事：一个法国人输光最后一个铜板，当场掏出剃刀割喉。周围的人连眼皮都没抬，继续赌。尸体被盖上床单抬走，有人立刻坐上空出的椅子，庄家照常喊“先生们，下注”。这不是冷血，而是赌场把死亡也变成了日常流程：只要牌局不停，人命只是插曲。这种环境会让人逐渐丧失对他人痛苦的感知，把一切视为“正常”。
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巴纳姆在自传中描述19世纪欧洲赌场的见闻，当时赌博在德国温泉城市合法且盛行，自杀事件频发却无人震惊。
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你所在的圈子或环境，是否也在把某种伤害“正常化”，让你渐渐麻木？
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