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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 180
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
We can not all of us perhaps make great discoveries like Newton, Faraday, Edison, and Thompson, or paint immortal pictures like an Angelo or a Raphael. But we can all of us make our lives sublime, by _seizing common occasions and making them great_. What chance had the young girl, Grace Darling, to distinguish herself, living on those barren lighthouse rocks alone with her aged parents? But while her brothers and sisters, who moved to the cities to win wealth and fame, are not known to the world, she became more famous than a princess. This poor girl did not need to go to London to see the nobility; they came to the lighthouse to see her. Right at home she had won fame which the regal heirs might envy, and a name which will never perish from the earth. She did not wander away into dreamy distance for fame and fortune, but did her best where duty had placed her.
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定位：Excerpt 180 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
我们不一定都能像牛顿、爱迪生那样做出伟大发现，或像拉斐尔那样画出不朽名画。但每个人都可以通过抓住平凡的机会并把它做得伟大，来使生命变得崇高。比如格雷斯·达林，一个住在荒凉灯塔岩上的年轻女孩，没有去城市追逐名利，而是尽职尽责地帮助父母。结果她名声远扬，连贵族都来拜访她。她的故事说明，不必远走他乡寻找 fame，在 duty 所在之处尽力做到最好，就能赢得不朽的名声。
上下文
马登在《奋力向前》中讲述的励志故事，格雷斯·达林是19世纪英国灯塔看守人之女，因参与救援而闻名。
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你目前的责任岗位上，有哪些平凡的事可以做到极致？
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