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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 346
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
Madame de Staël was engrossed in political philosophy at an age when other girls are dressing dolls. Mozart, when but four years old, played the clavichord and composed minuets and other pieces still extant. The little Chalmers, with solemn air and earnest gestures, would preach often from a stool in the nursery. Goethe wrote tragedies at twelve, and Grotius published an able philosophical work before he was fifteen. Pope "lisped in numbers." Chatterton wrote good poems at eleven, and Cowley published a volume of poetry in his sixteenth year. Thomas Lawrence and Benjamin West drew likenesses almost as soon as they could walk. Liszt played in public at twelve. Canova made models in clay while a mere child. Bacon exposed the defects of Aristotle's philosophy when but sixteen. Napoleon was at the head of armies when throwing snowballs at Brienne.
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白话
很多天才在很小的时候就显露出专注和才华。斯塔尔夫人还在别的女孩玩娃娃的年纪,就沉迷于政治哲学;莫扎特四岁弹琴作曲,作品流传至今;小查尔默斯在育儿室里站在凳子上,一本正经地讲道;歌德十二岁写悲剧,格劳秀斯十五岁前就出版了哲学著作;蒲柏“咿呀学语时就在押韵”;查特顿十一岁写出好诗,考利十六岁出版诗集;劳伦斯和韦斯特几乎刚会走路就画画;李斯特十二岁公开演奏;卡诺瓦小时候就用黏土做模型;培根十六岁指出亚里士多德哲学的缺陷;拿破仑在布里埃纳军校时打雪仗就已经是孩子头。这些例子说明,早年的兴趣和专注往往预示一生的方向。
上下文
马登在《奋力向前》中列举少年成名的例子,用来说明早期兴趣和专注的重要性。
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你小时候最投入、最着迷的事情是什么?它和你现在做的事有联系吗?
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