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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 470

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

"What a contrast between now and say only a hundred years ago!" Certainly there is a very great contrast. England was not a manufacturing country a hundred years ago. We imported nearly everything, except corn, wool, and flax. We imported the greatest part of our iron from Spain, Sweden, Germany, and Russia. We imported our pottery from Holland, our hats from Flanders, our silk from France, our cloth and carpets from Belgium. Our cotton manufactures, our woollen and flax manufactures, our machine manufactures, could scarcely be said to exist. Coal could scarcely be had, for the coal-pits could not be kept clear of water.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 470 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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一百年前的英国远非制造业强国,几乎什么都靠进口:铁来自西班牙、瑞典等地,陶器来自荷兰,帽子来自佛兰德,丝绸来自法国,布匹地毯来自比利时。棉纺、毛纺、机械制造几乎不存在。煤也难开采,因为矿井排水问题解决不了。对比今天,变化天翻地覆。

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斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中回顾英国工业革命前的落后状态,以对比说明进步来之不易。

今日一问

你所在行业或生活中,有哪些“理所当然”的便利,其实只是近几十年才出现的?

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