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布克·T·华盛顿:力争上游·摘录 311

布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导

It would in some measure relieve my embarrassment if I could, even in a slight degree, feel myself worthy of the great honour which you do me to-day. Why you have called me from the Black Belt of the South, from among my humble people, to share in the honours of this occasion, is not for me to explain; and yet it may not be inappropriate for me to suggest that it seems to me that one of the most vital questions that touch our American life is how to bring the strong, wealthy, and learned into helpful touch with the poorest, most ignorant, and humblest, and at the same time make one appreciate the vitalizing, strengthening influence of the other. How shall we make the mansion on yon Beacon Street feel and see the need of the spirits in the lowliest cabin in Alabama cotton-fields or Louisiana sugar-bottoms? This problem Harvard University is solving, not by bringing itself down, but by bringing the masses up.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2376
定位:Excerpt 311 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

布克·T·华盛顿在哈佛演讲时说,如果他能觉得自己哪怕稍微配得上今天给予的荣誉,他的窘迫就会减轻一些。他不解释为什么哈佛从南方黑人地带、从他卑微的同胞中把他召来分享这份荣誉,但他认为美国生活中最重要的问题之一,是如何让强大、富有、有学问的人与最贫穷、最无知、最卑微的人建立有益的接触,同时让双方都欣赏彼此带来的活力和力量。如何让灯塔街的豪宅感受到阿拉巴马棉田或路易斯安那甘蔗地最简陋小屋里的精神需求?哈佛正在解决这个问题,不是降低自己,而是提升大众。

上下文

这是布克·T·华盛顿在哈佛大学接受荣誉学位时的演讲片段。他借此机会阐述了教育机构如何连接社会上层与底层的问题。

今日一问

你所在的机构或圈子,是在拉大与弱势群体的距离,还是在想办法把资源用于提升他们?

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