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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 273

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

Private soldiers are paid much less wages per week than the lowest-paid workmen, and yet they put more money in the savings banks than workmen who are paid from thirty to forty shillings a week. Soldiers are generally supposed to be a particularly thoughtless class. Indeed, they are sometimes held up to odium as reckless and dissolute; but the Military Savings Bank Returns refute the vilification, and prove that the British soldier is as sober, well-disciplined, and frugal, as we already know him to be brave. Most people forget that the soldier must be obedient, sober, and honest. If he is a drunkard, he is punished; if he is dishonest, he is drummed out of the regiment.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 273 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

普通士兵每周的军饷比最低工资的工人还少,但他们存进储蓄银行的钱却比周薪三四十先令的工人还多。人们常以为士兵是最不思考、最放荡的群体,但军事储蓄银行的报告驳斥了这种污名,证明英国士兵同样自律、守纪、节俭。其实士兵必须服从、清醒、诚实,酗酒会受罚,不诚实会被逐出团队。军队的纪律和训练反而帮他们养成了储蓄的习惯。这说明外部约束和集体规范能有效塑造人的节俭行为。

上下文

斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中引用军事储蓄银行的报告,反驳当时社会对士兵挥霍无度的刻板印象。

今日一问

我能否借助外部规则或同伴监督,帮自己养成一个存钱的小习惯?

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