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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 204
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
Many of the greatest men of history earned their fame outside of their regular occupations in odd bits of time which most people squander. Spenser made his reputation in his spare time while Secretary to the Lord Deputy of Ireland. Sir John Lubbock's fame rests on his prehistoric studies, prosecuted outside of his busy banking-hours. Southey, seldom idle for a minute, wrote a hundred volumes. Hawthorne's notebook shows that he never let a chance thought or circumstance escape him. Franklin was a tireless worker. He crowded his meals and sleep into as small compass as possible so that he might gain time for study. When a child, he became impatient of his father's long grace at table, and asked him if he could not say grace over a whole cask once for all, and save time. He wrote some of his best productions on shipboard, such as his "Improvement of Navigation" and "Smoky Chimneys."
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定位：Excerpt 204 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
历史上许多大人物成名，靠的不是整块时间，而是别人随手浪费的零碎时间。斯宾塞当爱尔兰副总督秘书时，用业余时间赢得文名；卢伯克爵士的史前研究是在繁忙银行工作之外做的；骚塞几乎从不闲着，写了一百卷书；霍桑的笔记本说明他从不放过一个念头或一件事；富兰克林更是把吃饭睡觉压缩到最小，好腾出时间学习，小时候还嫌父亲饭前祷告太长，问能不能对着整桶食物一次祷告完。这说明：零碎时间攒起来很可观。你可以随身带个小本或手机备忘录，把等车、排队、饭后的几分钟用来记想法、读几页书或学一点东西。
上下文
马登在《奋力向前》中举大量名人利用业余时间成才的例子，鼓励普通人珍惜零碎时间。
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你每天有哪些零碎时间被刷手机占掉了？能不能挑一段用来学点东西？
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