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布克·T·华盛顿：力争上游·摘录 26
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
The schoolhouse was some distance from the furnace, and as I had to work till nine o’clock, and the school opened at nine, I found myself in a difficulty. School would always be begun before I reached it, and sometimes my class had recited. To get around this difficulty I yielded to a temptation for which most people, I suppose, will condemn me; but since it is a fact, I might as well state it. I have great faith in the power and influence of facts. It is seldom that anything is permanently gained by holding back a fact. There was a large clock in a little office in the furnace. This clock, of course, all the hundred or more workmen depended upon to regulate their hours of beginning and ending the day’s work. I got the idea that the way for me to reach school on time was to move the clock hands from half-past eight up to the nine o’clock mark. This I found myself doing morning after morning, till the furnace “boss” discovered that something was wrong, and locked the clock in a case. I did not mean to inconvenience anybody. I simply meant to reach that schoolhouse in time.
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定位：Excerpt 26 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
学校离盐炉有一段路，华盛顿得干到九点，学校九点开门，所以他总迟到，有时班级已经背完书。为赶上，他做了件多数人会责备的事：把炉上办公室的大钟从八点半拨到九点。一百多工人都靠这钟上下工。他每天早上都这么干，直到工头发现不对，把钟锁进盒子。他说自己无意给别人添麻烦，只想准时到校。这故事坦白了一个事实：走捷径往往解决不了问题，还会连累别人。今天遇到时间冲突，更可靠的做法是提前和老师或雇主商量调整安排，而不是偷偷改规则。
上下文
出自《超越奴役》，讲华盛顿为赶上学偷偷拨快工厂大钟，最终被工头发现并锁钟的童年轶事。
今日一问
你最近有没有为了赶时间而“拨快钟”，更诚实的替代做法是什么？
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