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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 138
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
The average country-bred youth has a better foundation for success-building, has greater courage, more moral stamina. He has not become weakened and softened by the superficial ornamental, decorative influences of city life. And there is a reason for all this. We are largely copies of our environment. We are under the perpetual influence of the suggestion of our surroundings. The city-bred youth sees and hears almost nothing that is natural, aside from the faces and forms of human beings. Nearly everything that confronts him from morning till night is artificial, man-made. He sees hardly anything that God made, that imparts solidity, strength and power, as do the natural objects in the country. How can a man build up a solid, substantial character when his eyes and ears bring him only sights and sounds of artificial things? A vast sea of business blocks, sky-scrapers and asphalt pavements does not generate character-building material.
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定位：Excerpt 138 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
一般乡下长大的年轻人，打成功地基的底子更好，胆子更大， moral 上的韧劲也更足。他没被城市生活那些表面花哨、装饰性的东西泡软、削弱。这有原因：人很大程度上是环境的复制品，天天被周围的东西暗示、影响。城里孩子从早到晚看到的、听到的，几乎都是人造的，除了人的脸和身体，很少见到上帝造的东西，也就是那些能给人结实、力量、后劲的自然物。眼睛耳朵只收进人造的景和声，怎么建得起扎实的品格？一片商业大楼、摩天楼和柏油路，生不出建品格的材料。
上下文
马登在书中反复讲环境塑造人，这里把城市的人造环境当成品格变软的原因，反映19世纪末对城市化的忧虑。
今日一问
你每天接触的环境里，有多少是自然物，多少是人造物？
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