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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 136
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
The physiologist may discuss the laws of health, and the Board of Health may write tracts for circulation among the people; but half the people cannot so much as read; and of the remaining half, but a very small proportion are in the habit of _thinking_. Thus the laws of health are disregarded; and when fever comes, it finds a wide field to work upon: in undrained and filthy streets and back-yards,--noisome, pestilential districts,--foul, uncleansed dwellings,--large populations ill-supplied with clean water and with pure air. There death makes fell havoc; many destitute widows and children have to be maintained out of the poor's-rates; and then we reluctantly confess to ourselves that Ignorance is Power.
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定位：Excerpt 136 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
生理学家可以讲健康规律，卫生委员会可以印小册子发给民众，但一半的人根本不识字；剩下的一半里，又只有很小一部分有思考的习惯。于是健康规律被忽视，一旦发烧生病，就找到大片可乘之机：排水不良、肮脏的街道和后院，臭气熏天、瘟疫流行的地区，污秽不清的住所，大量人口得不到干净水和新鲜空气。死亡在那里大肆收割，许多孤儿寡母要靠救济金养活，这时我们才不情愿地承认：无知就是力量。
上下文
这段话描绘19世纪英国城市卫生状况，当时识字率低、公共卫生设施差，传染病常大规模流行。
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我是否以为“讲清道理”就够了，却忽略了对方有没有条件听懂和做到？
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