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"Some save for their rent," said Mr. Queckett, "others for clothes and apprenticing their children; and various are the little objects to which the savings are to be applied. Every repayment passes through my own hands, which gives an opportunity of hearing of sickness, or sorrow, or any other cause which compels the withdrawal of the little fund. It is, besides, a feeder to the larger savings banks, to which many are turned over when the weekly payments tendered exceed the usual sum. Many of those who could at first scarcely advance beyond a penny a week, can now deposit a silver coin of some kind."

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 289 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

奎克特先生说,人们存钱各有各的用途:有的为了付房租,有的为了买衣服、送孩子当学徒,各种小目标都会用到这笔积蓄。每一笔还款都经他的手,他因此能听到储户生病、遭遇不幸或其他迫使取出小笔存款的原因。此外,这种小银行还是大储蓄银行的 feeder:当每周交来的钱超过平常数额时,许多就转存到更大的储蓄银行。许多起初每周只能存一便士的人,现在已能存入某种银币了。

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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》一书中的段落,讨论19世纪英国工人阶层的小额储蓄实践。

今日一问

你每周能固定存下一点钱吗?哪怕只有几块钱,你打算用它应对什么具体目标?

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