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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 314
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
What a ridiculous exhibition a great truck-horse would make on the race-track; yet this is no more incongruous than the popular idea that law, medicine, and theology are the only desirable professions. How ridiculous, too, for fifty-two per cent. of our American college graduates to study law! How many young men become poor clergymen by trying to imitate their fathers who were good ones; of poor doctors and lawyers for the same reason! The country is full of men who are out of place, "disappointed, soured, ruined, out of office, out of money, out of credit, out of courage, out at elbows, out in the cold." The fact is, nearly every college graduate who succeeds in the true sense of the word, prepares himself in school, but makes himself after he is graduated. The best thing his teachers have taught him is _how_ to study. The moment he is beyond the college walls he ceases to use books and helps which do not feed him, and seizes upon those that do.
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定位：Excerpt 314 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
一匹拉货的大马出现在赛马场上会很可笑，但认为法律、医学、神学才是唯一好职业，同样荒谬。美国大学毕业生有百分之五十二去学法律，这多荒唐！很多年轻人因为模仿当牧师、医生、律师的父亲，结果成了蹩脚的同行。社会上到处是位置放错的人，失意、落魄、被淘汰。其实，真正成功的大学毕业生，在学校里只是打基础，毕业后才真正塑造自己。老师教的最有用的东西，是如何学习。一走出校门，他就该丢掉不再滋养自己的书本和帮助，抓住真正能喂养自己的东西。
上下文
马登在《奋力向前》中批评盲目跟风热门职业和子承父业，强调毕业后自我塑造与学会学习。
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你选择职业时，是跟随社会热门或家庭期待，还是认真评估过自己的特长？
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