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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 110

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

It had been said in a newspaper, that a miner was earning wages equal to that of a Captain, and that a mining boy was earning wages equal to that of a Lieutenant in Her Majesty's service. "I only know," said Lord Elcho, "that I have a boy who, when he first joined Her Majesty's service, was an Ensign, and that his wage--to earn which, remember, he had, under the purchase system, to pay five hundred pounds,--was not the wage you are now receiving, but the wage which you were receiving in bad times,--and that was only five shillings a day." It might be said that the collier risks his life in earning his wages; but so does the soldier; and the gallant boy to whom Lord Elcho referred, afterwards lost his life in the Ashantee campaign.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 110 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

有人拿矿工和军官比收入,说矿工挣得跟上尉一样多,矿工儿子挣得跟中尉一样多。埃尔科勋爵反驳:他儿子刚入伍当少尉,按购买制还得先付五百英镑,每天才挣五先令,跟矿工行情差时一样。有人说矿工挖煤冒生命危险,但士兵也一样;勋爵提到的那个勇敢青年后来在阿散蒂战役中阵亡。核心是:比较收入不能只看数字,还要看代价、保障和长期风险,别被一时高薪冲昏头。

上下文

选自斯迈尔斯《节俭》,当时英国煤矿工人工资高涨,引发与军官收入的比较讨论。

今日一问

你评价一份工作时,会只比工资数字,还是也把风险、稳定和长期代价算进去?

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