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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 103
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
A newsboy is not a very promising candidate for success or honors in any line of life. A young man can't set out in life with much less chance than when he starts his "daily" for a living. Yet the man who more than any other is responsible for the industrial regeneration of this continent started in life as a newsboy on the Grand Trunk Railway. Thomas Alva Edison was then about fifteen years of age. He had already begun to dabble in chemistry, and had fitted up a small itinerant laboratory. One day, as he was performing some occult experiment, the train rounded a curve, and the bottle of sulphuric acid broke. There followed a series of unearthly odors and unnatural complications. The conductor, who had suffered long and patiently, promptly ejected the youthful devotee, and in the process of the scientist's expulsion added a resounding box upon the ear.
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定位:Excerpt 103 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
报童似乎最不可能成功,但托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生十五岁时就在大干线铁路上卖报。他那时已迷上化学,弄了个小流动实验室。一天做实验时火车转弯,硫酸瓶打翻,冒出怪味和混乱。列车员忍了很久,终于把他赶下车,还扇了他一耳光。爱迪生起步极低,却靠好奇和动手实验一路成长。这说明起点不能决定终点,关键是你是否持续探索和尝试。哪怕环境简陋,也能开始自己的“实验”。
上下文
马登用爱迪生少年卖报、做实验被赶下火车的轶事,说明成功不靠出身。
今日一问
你目前的条件虽简陋,但可以开始做什么小实验?
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