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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 368
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
Cessation of brain activity does not necessarily constitute brain rest, as most great thinkers know. The men who accomplish the most brain-work, sooner or later--usually later, unfortunately--learn to give rest to one set of faculties and use another, as interest begins to flag and a sense of weariness comes. In this way they have been enabled to astonish the world by their mental achievements, which is very largely a matter of skill in exercising alternate sets of faculties, allowing rest to some while giving healthy exercise to others. The continual use of one set of faculties by an ambitious worker will soon bring him to grief. No set of brain cells can possibly set free more brain force in the combustion of thought than is stored up in them. The tired brain must have rest, or nervous exhaustion, brain fever, or even softening of the brain is liable to follow.
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定位：Excerpt 368 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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停止大脑活动并不一定就是大脑休息，大多数伟大思想家都知道这一点。完成最多脑力工作的人，迟早——通常不幸的是较晚——学会让一组能力休息而使用另一组，当兴趣减退和疲惫感来临时。这样他们才能以智力成就震惊世界，这很大程度上是交替使用不同能力组的技巧，让一些休息，同时给另一些健康的锻炼。雄心勃勃的工作者持续使用同一组能力很快就会失败。没有一组脑细胞能释放比储存更多的脑力。疲劳的大脑必须休息，否则可能导致神经衰竭、脑热甚至脑软化。
上下文
马登在《奋力向前》中阐述大脑休息的真正含义和交替用脑的重要性。
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你休息时是真的让大脑不同区域轮换，还是只是停止工作却仍在想同一件事？
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