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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 433

奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导

Indifference never leads armies that conquer, never models statues that live, nor breathes sublime music, nor harnesses the forces of nature, nor rears impressive architecture, nor moves the soul with poetry, nor the world with heroic philanthropies. Enthusiasm, as Charles Bell says of the hand, wrought the statue of Memnon and hung the brazen gates of Thebes. It fixed the mariner's trembling needle upon its axis, and first heaved the tremendous bar of the printing-press. It opened the tubes for Galileo, until world after world swept before his vision, and it reefed the high topsail that rustled over Columbus in the morning breezes of the Bahamas. It has held the sword with which freedom has fought her battles, and poised the axe of the dauntless woodman as he opened the paths of civilization, and turned the mystic leaves upon which Milton and Shakespeare inscribed their burning thoughts.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 433 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

冷漠成不了事:打不了胜仗,雕不出传世雕像,写不出动人音乐,也驾驭不了自然力量。热情才是推手。它让门农雕像立起来,让底比斯铜门挂上去,让罗盘指针定在轴上,让印刷机第一次转动,让伽利略打开天文视野,让哥伦布扬帆远航,也让弥尔顿和莎士比亚写下不朽文字。想做出点东西,先问自己有没有那股热乎劲。没有热情,再好的才华也点不燃。

上下文

马登《奋力向前》中的段落,用排比列举热情在艺术、科学、航海等领域的推动力。

今日一问

你最近做的哪件事,是带着热情做的,还是只走个过场?

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