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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 190

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

Next year his wages were increased to fifteen shillings. He then began to save money. He did not put it in a bank, but used his savings for the purpose of making the tools with which he afterwards commenced business. In the third year of his service, his wages were again increased, on account, doubtless, of the value of his services. "I don't know," he has since said, "that any future period of my life abounded in such high enjoyment of existence as the three years I spent at Maudslay's. It was a glorious situation for one like myself,--so earnest as I was in all that related to mechanism--in the study of men as well as of machinery. I wish many a young man would do as I then did. I am sure they would find their reward in that feeling of constant improvement, of daily advancement, and true independence, which will ever have a charm for those who are earnest in their endeavours to make right progress in life and in the regard of all good men."

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定位:Excerpt 190 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

第二年周薪涨到十五先令,纳史密斯开始攒钱。他没存银行,而是把钱用来做工具,为日后自己开业打基础。第三年工资又涨,显然是因为他干得好。他后来回忆,在莫兹利厂那三年是他一生中最充实的时光:既钻研机械,也观察人。他希望年轻人也这样,因为每天进步、独立自主的感觉,本身就是回报。

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斯迈尔斯《节俭》引纳史密斯回忆在莫兹利厂三年间的成长与储蓄方式。

今日一问

你现在的结余,是花在消费上,还是投在能提升未来能力的工具或技能上?

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