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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 111
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
"There are thousands of homes in England at this moment," said Richard Cobden, "where wives, mothers, and children are dying of hunger. Now, when the first paroxysm of grief is passed, I would advise you to come with me, and we will never rest until the Corn-Laws are repealed." Cobden could no longer see the poor man's bread stopped at the Custom-House and taxed for the benefit of the landlord and farmer, and he threw his whole soul into this great reform. "This is not a party question," said he, "for men of all parties are united upon it. It is a pantry question,--a question between the working millions and the aristocracy." They formed the "Anti-Corn-Law League," which, aided by the Irish famine,--for it was hunger that at last ate through those stone walls of protection,--secured the repeal of the law in 1846. Mr. Bright said: "There is not in Great Britain a poor man's home that has not a bigger, better, and cheaper loaf through Richard Cobden's labors."
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定位：Excerpt 111 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
理查德·科布登说：“此刻英格兰有成千上万的家庭，妻子、母亲和孩子正饿死。现在，第一波悲痛过去后，我建议你们跟我来，我们不废除《谷物法》绝不休息。”科布登不能再容忍穷人的面包在海关被拦截，为地主和农场主的利益征税，他全身心投入这场伟大改革。他说：“这不是党派问题，因为所有党派的人都联合支持。这是‘食品柜问题’——是劳动大众与贵族之间的问题。”他们成立了“反谷物法联盟”，借助爱尔兰饥荒（正是饥饿最终击穿了那些保护主义的石墙），于1846年废除了该法。布莱特先生说：“英国没有一个穷人的家庭，不因科布登的努力而得到更大、更好、更便宜的面包。”这说明，真正的改革源于对他人苦难的感同身受，并需要组织行动和持续施压。
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马登讲述英国政治家理查德·科布登领导反谷物法联盟，废除限制粮食进口的法律。
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你能否为身边或社会上的不公，付出持续的行动而非仅仅同情？
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