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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 383

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At the same time there is much want of sympathy between masters and men. In fact, want of sympathy pervades all classes--the poorer, the working, the middle, and the upper classes. There are many social gaps between them, which cannot yet be crossed, which cannot yet be united. "If I were to be asked," said Judge Talfourd, on whom Death was at the moment laying his hand, "what is the great want of English society--to mingle class with class--I would say, in one word, the want is _the want of sympathy_." A great truth, but not yet appreciated. It is the old truth, on which Christianity is based, of "Love one another"--simple saying, but containing within it a gospel sufficient to renovate the world. But where men are so split and divided into classes, and are so far removed that they can scarcely be said to know one another, they cannot have a due social regard and consideration, much less a genuine sympathy and affection, for each other?

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 383 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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雇主和工人之间、各阶层之间普遍缺少同情。阶层之间有太多鸿沟,彼此几乎不认识,就很难有真正的关心和体谅。法官塔尔福德临终前说,英国社会最大的需要,一言以蔽之,就是“缺少同情”。这其实是基督教“彼此相爱”的老道理,简单却足以更新世界。问题在于人按阶层分裂、彼此疏远,连认识都谈不上,哪来的社会关怀和真情?今天也一样:贫富、职业、地域之间的隔阂,靠制度不够,还需要真实的接触和共情。可做的是创造跨阶层对话和合作的机会。

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斯迈尔斯《节俭》中引用法官塔尔福德临终言论,讨论19世纪英国社会阶层隔阂与同情缺失。

今日一问

你最近一次和与自己背景差异很大的人认真交谈,是什么时候?

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