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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 105
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
What nonsense for two uneducated and unknown youths who met in a cheap boarding-house in Boston to array themselves against an institution whose roots were embedded in the very constitution of our country, and which was upheld by scholars, statesmen, churches, wealth, and aristocracy, without distinction of creed or politics! What chance had they against the prejudices and sentiment of a nation? But these young men were fired by a lofty purpose, and they were thoroughly in earnest. One of them, Benjamin Lundy, had already started in Ohio a paper called "The Genius of Universal Liberty," and had carried the entire edition home on his back from the printing-office, twenty miles, every month. He had walked four hundred miles on his way to Tennessee to increase his subscription list. He was no ordinary young man.
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定位:Excerpt 105 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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两个没受过教育、没人知道的年轻人,在波士顿廉价旅馆相遇,竟要对抗一个根植于国家宪法、被学者、政治家、教会、财富和贵族共同维护的制度,这看似荒唐。他们凭什么对抗全国偏见?但他们被崇高目标点燃,极其认真。其中一人本杰明·伦迪已在俄亥俄办报《普遍自由的天才》,每月把整版报纸从印刷所背回家,走二十英里;还步行四百英里到田纳西发展订户。他不是普通人。这说明,坚定的目标和踏实的行动,能让小人物撼动大体制。
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你心中有没有一个值得像伦迪那样步行四百英里的目标?
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