投资 · 创业者自述
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 129
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
With respect to remuneration, the average of skilled mechanics and artisans, as we have already said, are better paid than the average of working curates. The working engineer is better paid than the ensign in a marching regiment. The foreman in any of our large engineering establishments is better paid than an army surgeon. The rail-roller receives over a guinea a day, while an assistant navy surgeon receives fourteen shillings, and after three years' service, twenty-one shillings, with rations. The majority of dissenting ministers are much worse paid than the better classes of skilled mechanics and artizans; and the average of clerks employed in counting-houses and warehouses receive wages very much lower.
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定位：Excerpt 129 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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论收入，熟练技工和工匠的平均工资，其实比普通助理牧师还高；工人工程师比行军团的少尉挣得多；大工程厂里的工头比陆军军医挣得多；轧钢工一天能拿一基尼多，而海军助理军医只有十四先令，干满三年才二十一先令外加口粮。多数非国教牧师比高级技工挣得少得多，账房和仓库的普通职员收入也低很多。所以别以为体面职业一定钱多，关键是怎么看待和使用这份收入。
上下文
19世纪英国，牧师、军官等“体面职业”收入并不高，斯迈尔斯用具体数字打破职业与收入的刻板印象。
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我是否高估了某些职业的收入，又低估了自己手里的资源？
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