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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 93

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

"In what school have you studied, Monsieur?" asked one of the guests, addressing the waiter with great respect. "I have studied in many schools, Monseigneur," replied the young servant: "but the school in which I studied longest and learned most is the school of adversity." Well had he profited by poverty's lessons; for, although then but a poor waiter, all Europe soon rang with the fame of the writings of the greatest genius of his age and country, Jean Jacques Rousseau.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 93 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

客人恭敬地问这位侍者在哪所学校读书,他回答:在许多学校读过,但读得最久、学到最多的是“逆境学校”。他确实从贫穷里学到了东西:当时只是个穷侍者,后来整个欧洲都传诵他的著作,他就是让-雅克·卢梭。这里要讲的不是苦难本身值得赞美,而是逆境逼人自学、逼人思考,把限制变成动力。可执行的做法是:不把出身和处境当借口,把每一次难处当成一门要修完的课。

上下文

马登《奋力向前》揭晓上条轶事中侍者的身份:法国思想家卢梭,用以说明逆境教育的价值。

今日一问

你目前最大的难处,可以当成哪一门“课”来认真修?

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