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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 175
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
The great things of the world have not been done by men of large means. Ericsson began the construction of the screw propellers in a bathroom. The cotton-gin was first manufactured in a log cabin. John Harrison, the great inventor of the marine chronometer, began his career in the loft of an old barn. Parts of the first steamboat ever run in America were set up in the vestry of a church in Philadelphia by Fitch. McCormick began to make his famous reaper in a grist-mill. The first model dry-dock was made in an attic. Clark, the founder of Clark University of Worcester, Mass., began his great fortune by making toy wagons in a horse shed. Farquhar made umbrellas in his sitting-room, with his daughter's help, until he sold enough to hire a loft. Edison began his experiments in a baggage car on the Grand Trunk Railroad when a newsboy.
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定位：Excerpt 175 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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世上大事不是有钱人做成的。埃里克森在浴室里造螺旋桨；轧棉机最初在木屋里制造；航海钟发明家哈里森在旧谷仓阁楼起步；美国第一艘汽船的部分部件由菲奇在费城教堂附属室组装；麦考密克在磨坊里开始造收割机；第一个干船坞模型在阁楼做成；克拉克大学创办人克拉克在马棚里做玩具车起家；法夸尔在客厅和女儿一起做伞，直到能租阁楼；爱迪生当报童时在大干线铁路的行李车里做实验。核心是：起点简陋不碍事，关键在动手。
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马登《奋力向前》列举爱迪生、麦考密克等发明家，证明伟大事业常始于简陋空间。
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