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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 87

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After showing how married men might also save, Mr. Denison goes on to say, "Saving is within the reach of nearly every man, even if quite at the bottom of the tree; but if it were of anything like _common_ occurrence, the destitution and disease of this city would be kept within quite manageable limits. And this will take place. I may not live to see it, but it will be within two generations. For, unfortunately, this amount of change may be effected without the least improvement in the spiritual condition of the people. Good laws, energetically enforced, with compulsory education, supplemented by gratuitous individual exertion (which will then have a much reduced field and much fairer prospects), will certainly succeed in giving the mass of the people so much light as will generally guide them into so much industry and morality as is clearly conducive to their bodily ease and advancement in life."

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 87 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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丹尼森先生接着说明已婚男人如何也能储蓄,他说:“储蓄几乎每个男人都能做到,即使处于社会最底层;但如果储蓄变得相当普遍,这座城市的贫困和疾病就会被控制在可管理的范围内。这将会发生。我可能活不到那一天,但会在两代人之内。因为不幸的是,这种改变可以在人们精神状况没有最小改善的情况下实现。好的法律,有力执行,加上义务教育,再辅以个人的无偿努力(那时领域会小得多,前景也公平得多),肯定能成功给大众足够的光明,引导他们走向足够的勤劳和道德,这显然有利于他们身体的舒适和生活的进步。”

上下文

斯迈尔斯《节俭》中丹尼森先生对未来的预测,认为法律和教育能促进节俭。

今日一问

你认为法律和教育能有效促进社会节俭风气吗?

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