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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 195
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
If a genius like Gladstone carried through life a little book in his pocket lest an unexpected spare moment slip from his grasp, what should we of common abilities not resort to, to save the precious moments from oblivion? What a rebuke is such a life to the thousands of young men and women who throw away whole months and even years of that which the "Grand Old Man" hoarded up even to the smallest fragments! Many a great man has snatched his reputation from odd bits of time which others, who wonder at their failure to get on, throw away. In Dante's time nearly every literary man in Italy was a hard-working merchant, physician, statesman, judge, or soldier.
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定位：Excerpt 195 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
像格莱斯顿这样的天才，口袋里还常带小本子，怕浪费任何意外出现的空闲。普通人更该想办法抓住零碎时间。许多年轻人整月整年地浪费，而这位“老大人”连最小的时间碎片都积攒，形成鲜明对比。很多伟人的名声正是从别人丢弃的零碎时间里抢来的。但丁时代意大利文人多是忙碌的商人、医生、政治家、法官或士兵。可见忙不是借口，关键是有没有心去利用。
上下文
格莱斯顿是19世纪英国首相，以勤奋著称；马登用他口袋带书的故事激励读者珍惜分秒。
今日一问
你愿意随身带什么小工具或小本子，来抓住今天意外出现的五分钟？
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