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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 27

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

All useful and beautiful thoughts, in like manner, are the issue of labour, of study, of observation, of research, of diligent elaboration. The noblest poem cannot be elaborated, and send down its undying strains into the future, without steady and painstaking labour. No great work has ever been done "at a heat." It is the result of repeated efforts, and often of many failures. One generation begins, and another continues--the present co-operating with the past. Thus, the Parthenon began with a mud-hut; the Last Judgment with a few scratches on the sand. It is the same with individuals of the race; they begin with abortive efforts, which, by means of perseverance, lead to successful issues.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 27 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

一切有用而美好的思想,都是劳动、学习、观察、研究和勤奋雕琢的产物。最崇高的诗篇也需要持续艰苦的打磨才能流传后世。没有伟大作品能一蹴而就,它们都是反复努力、甚至多次失败的结果。一代人开始,另一代人继续,现在与过去合作。帕特农神庙始于泥屋,《最后的审判》始于沙地上的几道划痕。个人也是如此:从失败的尝试开始,靠坚持走向成功。

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斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中强调勤奋与坚持对创造文明成果的重要性,以艺术和建筑为例说明积累的过程。

今日一问

你正在努力的事情中,是否因一时挫折就想放弃?想想哪些伟大成就都始于微末,再坚持一步。

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