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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 23
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
There is a well-known story of an old farmer calling his three idle sons around him when on his deathbed, to impart to them an important secret. "My sons," said he, "a great treasure lies hid in the estate which I am about to leave to you." The old man gasped. "Where is it hid?" exclaimed the sons in a breath. "I am about to tell you," said the old man; "you will have to dig for it----" but his breath failed him before he could impart the weighty secret; and he died. Forthwith the sons set to work with spade and mattock upon the long neglected fields, and they turned up every sod and clod upon the estate. They discovered no treasure, but they learnt to work; and when fields were sown, and the harvests came, lo! the yield was prodigious, in consequence of the thorough tillage which they had undergone. Then it was that they discovered the treasure concealed in the estate, of which their wise old father had advised them.
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定位:Excerpt 23 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
有个老农夫临终把三个懒儿子叫到床前,说田产里埋着一大笔财宝,让他们去挖。话没说完他就断了气。儿子们拿锹镐把整块荒地翻了个遍,财宝没找到,却学会了干活。地翻得深,播种后收成大得惊人,他们这才明白父亲说的财宝是什么。斯迈尔斯用这个故事说明:真正的财富不是埋着的金银,而是肯劳动的习惯和因此变好的土地。今天可以做的,是别指望天上掉馅饼,把力气花在能积累的事上,时间会给出回报。
上下文
这是斯迈尔斯《节俭》里引用的民间故事,用来说明劳动本身就是遗产,流行于19世纪劝勤读物。
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你正在找的“捷径”,会不会其实就藏在你一直不肯下的笨功夫里?
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