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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 194
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
Madame de Genlis, when companion of the future Queen of France, composed several of her charming volumes while waiting for the princess to whom she gave her daily lessons. Burns wrote many of his most beautiful poems while working on a farm. The author of "Paradise Lost" was a teacher, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Secretary of the Lord Protector, and had to write his sublime poetry whenever he could snatch a few minutes from a busy life. John Stuart Mill did much of his best work as a writer while a clerk in the East India House. Galileo was a surgeon, yet to the improvement of his spare moments the world owes some of its greatest discoveries.
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定位:Excerpt 194 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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德·让利斯夫人给未来法国王后上课时,利用等待的时间写了好几卷作品。彭斯在农场干活时写出许多优美诗篇。弥尔顿身兼教师和政府秘书,只能从忙碌中抢几分钟写《失乐园》。密尔在东印度公司当职员时完成大量写作。伽利略是外科医生,却用业余时间做出伟大发现。这些例子说明:天才也靠零碎时间,普通人更该把等待和间隙变成产出。
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马登列举欧洲多位文人、科学家,证明有全职工作的人也能利用业余时间做出杰出成就。
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你目前的工作中,有哪些等待或间隙可以固定用来做一件创造性的事?
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