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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 179
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Lough, the English sculptor, is another instance of self-denial and hard work. When a boy, he was fond of drawing. At school, he made drawings of horses, dogs, cows, and men, for pins: that was his first pay; and he used to go home with his jacket sleeve stuck full of them. He and his brothers next made figures in clay. Pope's Homer lay on his father's window. The boys were so delighted with it, that they made thousands of models--one taking the Greeks, and the other the Trojans. An odd volume of Gibbon gave an account of the Coliseum. After the family were in bed, the brothers made a model of the Coliseum, and filled it with fighting gladiators. As the boys grew up, they were sent to their usual outdoor work, following the plough and doing the usual agricultural labour; but still adhering to their modelling at leisure hours. At Christmas-time, Lough was very much in demand. Everybody wanted him to make models in pastry for Christmas pies,--the neighbouring farmers especially, "It was capital practice," he afterwards said.
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定位：Excerpt 179 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
英国雕塑家洛是又一个克己苦干的例子。他小时候喜欢画画，在学校里给同学画马、狗、牛和人，报酬是别针——那是他第一笔收入，他常带着插满别针的衣袖回家。后来他和兄弟们用黏土做塑像。父亲窗台上放着蒲柏译的《荷马史诗》，孩子们看得入迷，做了成千上万个模型，一个扮希腊人，一个扮特洛伊人。一本吉本的散卷讲到了罗马斗兽场，等家人睡下，兄弟俩就做个斗兽场模型，里面塞满搏斗的角斗士。长大后他们被送去干农活，扶犁耕地，但空闲时仍坚持做模型。圣诞节时洛特别抢手，人人都要他做圣诞馅饼上的面塑，邻近的农场主尤其如此。他后来说：“那是极好的练习。”
上下文
斯迈尔斯《节俭》中雕塑家洛的童年，说明兴趣和练习如何从日常中生长。
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你能否把日常里的小爱好，变成持续练习和积累的机会？
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