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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 415

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The comfortable houses provided for the workpeople have awakened in them that home feeling which has led them to decorate their dwellings neatly and tastefully,--a sure sign of social happiness. Every visitor among the poor knows how such things combine to prevent vice and disease, to elevate the moral tone of working people, and to develope their intellectual powers. A man in a dirty house, says Mr. Rhind, the medical attendant at Saltaire, is like a beggar in miserable clothing. He soon ceases to have self-respect, and when that is gone there is but little hope.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 415 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

给工人提供舒适的住房,会唤醒他们的“家”的感觉,让他们愿意把住处收拾得整洁又有品味,这是社会幸福的可靠标志。穷人中做探访的人都知道,这类事情合在一起能防止恶习和疾病,提升劳动阶层的道德水准,发展他们的智力。索尔泰尔的医生莱因德先生说,一个人住在脏乱的房子里,就像乞丐穿着破衣烂衫,很快就会失去自尊;自尊一丢,希望就所剩无几了。所以改善居住环境不只是给房子,更是给人留住自尊和向上的心。

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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》一书,19世纪英国。文中索尔泰尔是实业家泰特斯·索尔特为工人建设的模范社区。

今日一问

你今天的居住环境,是在帮你维持自尊,还是在一点点消耗它?

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