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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 445
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
It was the youth Hercules that performed the Twelve Labors. Enthusiastic youth faces the sun, it shadows all behind it. The heart rules youth; the head, manhood. Alexander was a mere youth when he rolled back the Asiatic hordes that threatened to overwhelm European civilization almost at its birth. Napoleon had conquered Italy at twenty-five. Byron and Raphael died at thirty-seven, an age which has been fatal to many a genius, and Poe lived but a few months longer. Romulus founded Rome at twenty. Pitt and Bolingbroke were ministers almost before they were men. Gladstone was in Parliament in early manhood. Newton made some of his greatest discoveries before he was twenty-five. Keats died at twenty-five, Shelley at twenty-nine. Luther was a triumphant reformer at twenty-five. It is said that no English poet ever equaled Chatterton at twenty-one. Whitefield and Wesley began their great revival as students at Oxford, and the former had made his influence felt throughout England before he was twenty-four. Victor Hugo wrote a tragedy at fifteen, and had taken three prizes at the Academy and gained the title of Master before he was twenty.
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定位：Excerpt 445 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
作者列举了一长串年轻有为的例子：赫拉克勒斯年轻时完成十二项伟业；亚历山大年纪轻轻就击退亚洲大军；拿破仑二十五岁征服意大利；牛顿二十五岁前做出重大发现；雨果十五岁写悲剧，二十岁前获学院奖。这些例子想说明：青年时期热情高、行动快，能成大事。但别误解成“只有年轻才行”，而是说年轻时要敢闯。今天你可以做的，是趁热情还在，挑一件大事开始干。
上下文
马登在《奋力向前》中罗列历史人物年轻时的成就，用以激励青年读者。
今日一问
你年轻时最想做成的那件事，现在开始做了吗？
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