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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 274

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

Wonderful is the magic of Drill! Drill means discipline, training, education. The first drill of every people is military. It has been the first education of nations. The duty of obedience is thus taught on a large scale,--submission to authority; united action under a common head. These soldiers,--who are ready to march steadily against vollied fire, against belching cannon, up fortress heights, or to beat their heads against bristling bayonets, as they did at Badajos,--were once tailors, shoemakers, mechanics, delvers, weavers, and ploughmen; with mouths gaping, shoulders stooping, feet straggling, arms and hands like great fins hanging by their sides; but now their gait is firm and martial, their figures are erect, and they march along, to the sound of music, with a tread that makes the earth shake. Such is the wonderful power of drill.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 274 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

操练的魔力很神奇。操练就是纪律、训练和教育。每个民族最早的教育往往是军事操练,它在大范围内教人服从权威、在统一指挥下联合行动。那些能迎着炮火、冲向堡垒的士兵,原本可能是裁缝、鞋匠、技工、挖土工、织工和农夫,他们起初弯腰驼背、手脚散漫,但经过操练后,步伐坚定、身姿挺拔,行进时地动山摇。这说明纪律和训练能彻底改变一个人,把散漫的普通人塑造成有组织、有执行力的个体。

上下文

斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中由士兵的操练引申到纪律对人的塑造作用,并以巴达霍斯战役为例。

今日一问

我是否低估了日常纪律和重复训练对改变自己的巨大力量?

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