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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 619

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

Here I might safely rest, and leave you to the comfort of your own reflections in the case. But as you, in common with many other worthy persons, would seem to have very crude notions as to your rights of “property” in pews, you will pardon me for saying that a pew in a church is property only in a peculiar and restricted sense. It is not property, as your house or your horse is property. It vests you with no fee in the soil; you cannot use it in any way, and in every way, and at all times, as your pleasure or caprice may dictate; you cannot put it to any common or unhallowed uses; you cannot remove it, nor injure it, nor destroy it. In short, you hold by purchase, and may sell the right to the undisturbed possession of that little space within the church edifice which you call your pew during the hours of divine service. But even that right must be exercised decorously, and with a decent regard for time and place, or else you may at any moment be ignominiously ejected from it.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 619 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆在这里回应那些对教堂座位产权有误解的人。他说,教堂里的座位不是像房子或马那样完整的财产。你只是买下了在礼拜时安静使用那个小空间的权利,不能随意改造、破坏或用于其他用途。而且即使这个权利,也必须得体地行使,尊重时间和场合,否则可能被赶出去。核心是:很多“所有权”其实是有限的使用权,别把特权当绝对产权。

上下文

这段出自巴纳姆自传的附录或书信部分,讨论教堂座位产权的性质,反映19世纪美国教会管理中的实际纠纷。

今日一问

你生活中哪些“拥有”其实只是有限的使用权,而非绝对产权?

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