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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

Not long ago, Mr. Sikes encountered, in a second-class carriage, a well-dressed workman travelling from Sheffield to Glasgow, during holiday times, to see his mother. "I am glad," said Mr. Sikes, "to find a workman travelling so great a distance, for a purpose like that." "Yes," said the man, "and I am glad to say that I can afford to do it." "And do many of the workmen employed in your workshop save money?" asked Mr. Sikes. "No," said the other, "not more than about two in the hundred. The spare earnings of the others go, not to the savings banks, but to the drink-shops." "And when did you begin to save?" "When I was no bigger than _that_," indicating the height of a little boy: "the first money I saved was in a Penny Bank, and I have gone on saving ever since."

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 305 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

不久前,赛克斯先生在一节二等车厢里遇到一位衣着整齐的工人,正从谢菲尔德去格拉斯哥度假看母亲。赛克斯说:“很高兴看到工人跑这么远,就为这个目的。”那人说:“是啊,我也高兴自己负担得起。”赛克斯问:“你们车间的工人存钱的多吗?”对方说:“不多,一百个里也就两个。别人多余的钱不进储蓄银行,都进了酒馆。”又问:“你什么时候开始存的?”他比了比一个小男孩的高度说:“我还没这么高的时候就开始存了,第一笔钱存的是便士银行,之后一直存到现在。”这说明早开始、持续存,才能换来探亲、度假这类实实在在的自由;做法就是从小额自动存起,别等收入高了再说。

上下文

斯迈尔斯《节俭》中记录的一段车厢对话,反映十九世纪英国工人储蓄习惯的稀少。

今日一问

你现在的储蓄习惯,能让你随时负担一次说走就走的探亲吗?

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