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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 171
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
Although mechanics' institutes are old institutions, they have scarcely been supported by working men. The public-house is more attractive and more frequented. And yet mechanics' institutes--even though they are scarcely known south of Yorkshire and Lancashire--have been the means of doing a great deal of good. By placing sound mechanical knowledge within the reach of even the few persons who have been disposed to take advantage of them, they have elevated many persons into positions of great social influence. "We have heard a distinguished man say publicly, that a mechanics' institution had _made him_; that but for the access which it had afforded him to knowledge of all kinds, he would have occupied a very different position. In short, the mechanics' institution had elevated him from the position of a licensed victualler to that of an engineer.
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技工学院虽然历史久,但工人支持得很少,酒馆更有吸引力。不过这些学院确实做了很多好事:让少数愿意利用的人学到扎实的机械知识,从而提升社会地位。作者引用一位名人的话说,技工学院“造就了他”,没有它提供的各种知识,他可能还在当酒馆老板,而不是工程师。核心是:公共学习机构的价值取决于人是否主动使用;酒馆消遣和学院进修,时间花在哪,人生就走向哪。
上下文
19世纪英国技工学院运动,主要在约克郡和兰开夏郡,作者感叹工人参与度低。
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你下班后的时间,更多花在了消遣上,还是花在了长本事上?
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