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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 263
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
With ten pounds a workman might remove from one district to another where employment is more abundant. With ten pounds, he might emigrate to Canada or the United States, where his labour might be in request. Without this little store of savings, he might be rooted to his native spot, like a limpet to the rock. If a married man with a family, his ten pounds would save his home from wreckage, and his household from destitution. His ten pounds would keep the wolf from the door until better times came round. Ten pounds would keep many a servant-girl from ruin, give her time to recruit her health, perhaps wasted by hard work, and enable her to look about for a suitable place, instead of rushing into the first that offered.
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定位：Excerpt 263 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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十英镑能让工人搬到工作机会更多的地区，或移民到加拿大、美国。没有这点储蓄，他可能像帽贝粘在岩石上一样困在原地。对有家室的人，十英镑能避免家庭破碎和陷入赤贫，在困难时期挡住饥饿。对女佣，十英镑能防止她因急于找地方而陷入绝境，给她时间恢复健康、从容寻找合适工作。核心是储蓄赋予人移动和选择的自由。做法是积少成多，把小钱当作改变命运的跳板。
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《节俭》中，作者用具体例子说明小额储蓄在迁移和择业中的关键作用。
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