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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 415
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
As Adams suggests, Lord Brougham, like Canning, had too many talents; and, though as a lawyer he gained the most splendid prize of his profession, the Lord Chancellorship of England, and merited the applause of scientific men for his investigations in science, yet his life on the whole was a failure. He was "everything by turns and nothing long." With all his magnificent abilities he left no permanent mark on history or literature, and actually outlived his own fame.
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定位:Excerpt 415 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
亚当斯说过,布鲁厄姆勋爵和坎宁一样,才华太多。他当律师拿到了行业里最高的职位——英国大法官,也因科学研究的成果赢得科学界称赞,可整体来看,他的人生却算失败。他“样样都干,样样不长久”。才能虽大,却没在历史或文学上留下持久的印记,最后名声比人先走一步。这提醒人:分散用力,再高的天赋也难成大事;选定一个方向持续深耕,才可能留下真正属于自己的东西。
上下文
马登《奋力向前》引亚当斯之语,评论英国大法官布鲁厄姆多才而无所专。
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