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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 281
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
What shall we think of a man who has been endowed with godlike gifts, who has had the inestimable advantage of a liberal education, who has ability to ameliorate the hard conditions of his fellows, to help to emancipate them from ignorance and drudgery; what shall we think of this man, so divinely endowed, so superbly equipped, who, instead of using his education to lift his fellow men, uses it to demoralize, to drag them down; who employs his talents in the book he writes, in the picture he paints, in his business, whatever it may be, to mislead, to demoralize, to debauch; who uses his light as a decoy to lure his fellows on the rocks and reefs, instead of as a beacon to guide them into port?
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定位：Excerpt 281 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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一个人天赋极高，又受过良好教育，本有能力改善同胞的艰难处境，帮他们摆脱无知和劳苦。可他不用这些去提升别人，反而用来败坏、拖累别人：写书、画画、做生意，都用来误导、腐蚀、堕落他人；把自己的光当成诱饵，引人撞上礁石，而不是当灯塔指引人进港。这样的人，才能越大，危害越深。因为教育给了他影响他人的工具，他却把方向用反了。所以，越有本事，越要先问自己：我是在帮人往上走，还是在拉人往下掉？
上下文
马登《奋力向前》鼓励人自我提升，此处批评受过教育却用才能害人的人。
今日一问
你手上的本事，最近一次是用来帮人，还是用来显摆或压人？
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