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P.T. 巴纳姆：奋斗与胜利·补录 644
P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导
Nor in a free government can we afford to employ journeymen; they may be apprenticed until they learn to read, and study our institutions; and then let them become joint proprietors and feel a proportionate responsibility. The two learned and distinguished authors of the minority report have been studying the science of ethnology and have treated us with a dissertation on the races. And what have they attempted to show? Why, that a race which, simply on account of the color of the skin, has long been buried in slavery at the South, and even at the North has been tabooed and scarcely permitted to rise above the dignity of whitewashers and boot-blacks, does not exhibit the same polish and refinement that the white citizens do who have enjoyed the advantages of civilization, education, Christian culture and self-respect which can only be attained by those who share in making the laws under which they live.
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定位：Additional excerpt 644 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
巴纳姆认为，在自由政府下，不能只把人当雇工用；应该让他们先当学徒，学会读书、了解制度，然后成为共同所有者，承担相应责任。他批评少数派报告的作者研究人种学，试图证明黑人因肤色长期为奴、受歧视，所以不如享有文明、教育、基督教文化和自尊的白人。但巴纳姆指出，白人的优势来自参与制定法律等机会，黑人被剥夺了这些机会，所以不能以此证明黑人低劣。
上下文
巴纳姆是美国19世纪著名企业家，此段出自他的自传《奋斗与胜利》，讨论美国种族问题。
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今天，我们是否也常把机会不平等造成的差距，误认为能力或天赋的差距？
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