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P.T. 巴纳姆：奋斗与胜利·补录 632
P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导
Mr. Howe, like all men of his reputed wealth and liberality, was constantly besieged by solicitors for all sorts of charities, nor was he free from such applications when he was serving as a common soldier in Virginia. On one occasion a worthy priest came to him and asked for a subscription to a church which was then building. “Who is it,” exclaimed Howe, “that talks of building churches in this time of war?” The priest ventured to say that he was trying to build in his parish a church which was to be known as St. Peter’s.
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豪先生像所有有名望又慷慨的有钱人一样，总被各种慈善募捐的人缠着，即便他在弗吉尼亚当普通士兵时也没能躲开。有一次，一位可敬的神父来找他，要为正在修建的教堂募捐。豪先生脱口而出：“都打仗了，还谈什么建教堂？”神父壮着胆子说，他想在自己的教区建一座教堂，名字叫圣彼得教堂。豪先生这么问，不是反对建教堂，而是觉得战争时期钱和精力该先用在更急的地方；但神父的坚持也说明，信仰的事在人们心里并不会因为战乱就停下。
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这是巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》中的轶事，讲富翁豪先生战时被募捐者找上门的故事。
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