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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 396

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

This account of the manufacturing buccaneer is a picture drawn by a man of genius from his imagination. There are probably many readers who believe the picture to be drawn from fact. There may, of course, be masters who are buccaneers; but there are also masters who are not buccaneers. There are dishonest manufacturers, as there are dishonest literary men, dishonest publicans, dishonest tradesmen. But we must believe that in all occupations honesty is the rule, and dishonesty the exception. At all events, it is better that we should know what the manufacturers really are,--from fact rather than from fiction.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 396 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

这个关于制造业海盗的叙述,是一位天才人物凭想象描绘的图画。可能有很多读者相信这幅画是从事实中取材的。当然,可能有雇主是海盗;但也有雇主不是海盗。有不诚实的制造商,就像有不诚实的文人、不诚实的酒馆老板、不诚实的商人一样。但我们必须相信,在所有行业中,诚实是规则,不诚实是例外。无论如何,我们最好从事实而不是从虚构中了解制造商到底是什么样。

上下文

斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中回应当时一些文学作品对工厂主的妖魔化描写,强调应基于事实而非虚构来认识制造商群体。

今日一问

你是否曾因个别负面案例而对某个群体产生偏见,能否尝试从事实出发重新认识他们?

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