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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 129
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
His first term at Geauga Seminary cost him but seventeen dollars. When he returned the next term he had but a sixpence in his pocket, and this he put into the contribution box at church the next day. He engaged board, washing, fuel, and light of a carpenter at one dollar and six cents a week, with the privilege of working at night and on Saturdays all the time he could spare. He had arrived on a Saturday and planed fifty-one boards that day, for which he received one dollar and two cents. When the term closed, he had paid all expenses and had three dollars over. The following winter he taught school at twelve dollars a month and "board around." In the spring he had forty-eight dollars, and when he returned to school he boarded himself at an expense of thirty-one cents a week.
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定位：Excerpt 129 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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他在吉奥加神学院的第一学期只花了十七美元。第二学期返校时，口袋里只剩六便士，第二天他就把这六便士投进了教堂的奉献箱。他跟一位木匠谈妥，每周付一美元零六美分，包吃住、洗衣、燃料和灯油，条件是晚上和周六他可以尽量多干活。他是周六到的，当天就刨了五十一块木板，挣了一美元零二美分。学期结束时，他付清了所有开销，还剩下三美元。第二年冬天，他教书，月薪十二美元，吃住在学生家。春天他攒下四十八美元，再回学校时，自己开伙，每周只花三十一美分。这说明，精打细算和勤工俭学能让人在极少的资源下完成学业。
上下文
马登《奋力向前》中讲述詹姆斯·加菲尔德早年求学时勤工俭学的经历，19世纪美国。
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在资源有限时，你能否像他一样精打细算，靠自己的劳动解决大部分开销？
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