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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 85
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
"I was born in poverty," said Vice-President Henry Wilson. "Want sat by my cradle. I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to give. I left my home at ten years of age, and served an apprenticeship of eleven years, receiving a month's schooling each year, and, at the end of eleven years of hard work, a yoke of oxen and six sheep, which brought me eighty-four dollars. I never spent the sum of one dollar for pleasure, counting every penny from the time I was born till I was twenty-one years of age. I know what it is to travel weary miles and ask my fellow men to give me leave to toil. . . . In the first month after I was twenty-one years of age, I went into the woods, drove a team, and cut mill-logs. I rose in the morning before daylight and worked hard till after dark, and received the magnificent sum of six dollars for the month's work! Each of these dollars looked as large to me as the moon looks to-night."
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定位:Excerpt 85 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
美国副总统亨利·威尔逊回忆说:我生在穷人家,摇篮边就是匮乏。我知道向母亲要面包、她却拿不出来是什么滋味。十岁离家,当了十一年学徒,每年只上一个月的学。十一年苦干结束,得到一头牛和六只羊,卖了八十四美元。从出生到二十一岁,我没花过一美元在享乐上,每一分钱都数着用。我也知道走很远的路、求别人给我活干是什么感觉。二十一岁后的第一个月,我进林子赶车、砍木头,天亮前起床,干到天黑,一个月挣了六美元,每个美元都像月亮那么大。
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亨利·威尔逊出身贫寒,后来成为美国副总统。马登引用他的自述,说明白手起家者如何珍惜每一分钱和每一个机会。
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回想你最近一次为学习或成长花的钱和时间,你觉得值吗?有没有把有限资源用在刀刃上?
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