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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 162

奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导

No chance, no opportunities, in a land where thousands of poor boys become rich men, where newsboys go to Congress, and where those born in the lowest stations attain the highest positions? The world is all gates, all opportunities to him who will use them. But, like Bunyan's Pilgrim in the dungeon of Giant Despair's castle, who had the key of deliverance all the time with him but had forgotten it, we fail to rely wholly upon the ability to advance all that is good for us which has been given to the weakest as well as the strongest. We depend too much upon outside assistance.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 162 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

有人抱怨没有机会,可这片土地上成千上万的穷孩子变成了富人,报童进了国会,出身最低的人爬到了最高处。对愿意使用机会的人来说,世界到处都是门。问题在于我们像《天路历程》里关在绝望巨人城堡中的基督徒,钥匙一直带在身上却忘了用,总指望外来的帮助,而不肯相信自身就有向前走的能力。这种能力最弱的人和最强的人都有。做法是:先盘点自己手上已有的本事和资源,再动手用起来,而不是等别人来拉你。

上下文

马登《奋力向前》中的议论,引用班扬《天路历程》中朝圣者身怀钥匙却困于地牢的典故。

今日一问

你身上那把一直带着却没用的“钥匙”是什么?今天能拿它开哪扇门?

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