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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 294

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Thus the Penny Bank is emphatically the poor man's purse. The great mass of the deposits are paid in sums not exceeding sixpence, and the average of the whole does not exceed a shilling. The depositors consist of the very humblest members of the working class, and by far the greatest number of them have never before been accustomed to lay by any portion of their earnings. The Rev. Mr. Clarke, of Derby, who took an active interest in the extension of these useful institutions, has stated that one-tenth of the whole amount received by the Derby Penny Bank was deposited in copper money, and a large portion of the remainder in threepenny and fourpenny pieces.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 294 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

因此,便士银行简直就是穷人的钱包。绝大多数存款金额不超过六便士,平均下来不超过一先令。储户都是工人阶级中最卑微的成员,其中绝大多数人以前从未养成存下任何收入一部分的习惯。德比郡的克拉克牧师积极支持推广这些有用的机构,他说德比便士银行收到的全部款项中,十分之一是用铜币存入的,其余很大一部分是三便士和四便士的硬币。

上下文

斯迈尔斯《节俭》描述便士银行服务对象之贫寒,以及存款金额之微小。

今日一问

你是否曾因为觉得“钱太少不值得存”而放弃储蓄?如果从一便士开始,你会怎么做?

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