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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 24
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
Labour is at once a burden, a chastisement, an honour, and a pleasure. It may be identified with poverty, but there is also glory in it. It bears witness, at the same time, to our natural wants and to our manifold needs. What were man, what were life, what were civilization, without labour? All that is great in man comes of labour;--greatness in art, in literature, in science. Knowledge--"the wing wherewith we fly to heaven"--is only acquired through labour. Genius is but a capability of labouring intensely: it is the power of making great and sustained efforts. Labour may be a chastisement, but it is indeed a glorious one. It is worship, duty, praise, and immortality,--for those who labour with the highest aims, and for the purest purposes.
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定位:Excerpt 24 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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劳动既是负担、是惩罚,也是荣誉和快乐;它可能和贫穷连在一起,但其中也有光荣。它同时证明我们有天然的需要和多样的需求。没有劳动,人、生活、文明会成什么样?人的一切伟大——艺术、文学、科学——都来自劳动。知识是飞向天堂的翅膀,也只能靠劳动获得。天才不过是能高强度劳动的能力,是能持续下大功夫的力量。劳动或许是惩罚,却是光荣的惩罚;怀着最高目标和最纯目的去劳动的人,劳动就是敬拜、责任、赞美和不朽。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《节俭》的收束段落,19世纪维多利亚时代,把劳动提升为个人品格与文明进步的根基。
今日一问
你愿意把哪一件值得的事,当作长期劳动去坚持,而不是等灵感来了才做?
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