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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 128

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

"Let the working man," says Mr. Sterling, "try to connect his daily task, however mean, with the highest thoughts he can apprehend, and he thereby secures the rightfulness of his lot, and is raising his existence to his utmost good. It is because the working man has failed to do this, and because others have failed to help him as they ought, that the lot of labour has hitherto been associated with what is mean and degrading."

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 128 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

斯特林先生说:工人应当把每天干的活,哪怕再不起眼,跟自己能想到的最高尚的念头连在一起。这样他就肯定了自己位置的正当性,也把生活提升到自己能达到的最好状态。正因为工人没做到这一点,别人也没好好帮他们,劳动才一直跟卑贱、丢人联系在一起。做法不是换工作,而是给手里的活赋予意义:想清楚它服务了谁、练了什么本事、通向什么目标。

上下文

斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中引用斯特林先生的话,讨论劳动为何被轻视,以及工人如何自救。

今日一问

今天我做的那件“小事”,能连上什么更大的意义?

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