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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 92
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
We have certainly had numerous "Reforms." We have had household suffrage, and vote by ballot. We have relieved the working classes of the taxes on corn, cattle, coffee, sugar, and provisions generally; and imposed a considerable proportion of the taxes from which they have been relieved on the middle and upper ranks. Yet these measures have produced but little improvement in the condition of the working people. They have not applied the principle of Reform to themselves. They have not begun at home. Yet the end of all Reform is the improvement of the individual. Everything that is wrong in Society results from that which is wrong in the Individual. When men are bad, society is bad.
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定位：Excerpt 92 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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英国虽有许多改革，如选举权扩大、减税等，但工人状况改善不大。作者认为，因为工人没把改革原则用在自己身上，没从自身开始。一切改革的最终目的是个人进步；社会问题源于个人问题。人坏，社会就坏。所以，要改变社会，先改变自己，从自家做起。
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斯迈尔斯《节俭》，19世纪英国改革时期，强调个人责任。
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我期待社会变好，但是否先在自己身上实践了那些改革原则？
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