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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 281
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
Soldiers serving abroad during arduous campaigns have proved themselves to be equally thoughtful and provident. During the war in the Crimea, the soldiers and seamen sent home through the money order office seventy-one thousand pounds, and the army works corps thirty-five thousand pounds. More than a year before the money order system was introduced at Scutari, Miss Nightingale took charge of the soldiers' savings. She found them most willing to abridge their own comforts or indulgences, for the sake of others dear to them, as well as for their own future well-being; and she devoted an afternoon in every week to receiving and forwarding their savings to England. She remitted many thousand pounds in this manner, and it was distributed by a friend in London,--much of it to the remotest corners of Scotland and Ireland. And it afforded some evidence that the seed fell in good places (as well as of the punctuality of the post office), that of the whole number of remittances, all but one were duly acknowledged.
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定位：Excerpt 281 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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在海外艰苦作战的士兵同样体贴而节俭。克里米亚战争期间，士兵和水兵通过汇款单寄回七万一千英镑，军队工程队寄回三万五千英镑。早在斯库塔里设立邮局汇款系统一年多前，南丁格尔小姐就负责管理士兵的储蓄。她发现士兵们非常愿意为了亲人和自己未来的福祉，缩减自己的舒适和享受；她每周花一个下午接收并转寄他们的存款到英国，经手了数千英镑，由伦敦的朋友分发，很多寄到苏格兰和爱尔兰最偏远的角落。所有汇款中只有一笔没被确认收到，这既说明钱寄到了好地方，也说明邮局可靠。
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克里米亚战争（1853-1856）中，南丁格尔在斯库塔里战地医院护理伤员，并主动帮士兵管理储蓄。斯迈尔斯以此证明底层士兵的节俭美德。
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