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布克·T·华盛顿:力争上游·摘录 38

布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导

As they went on describing the school, it seemed to me that it must be the greatest place on earth, and not even Heaven presented more attractions for me at that time than did the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, about which these men were talking. I resolved at once to go to that school, although I had no idea where it was, or how many miles away, or how I was going to reach it; I remembered only that I was on fire constantly with one ambition, and that was to go to Hampton. This thought was with me day and night.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2376
定位:Excerpt 38 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

他们继续描述那所学校,在我听来,那一定是地球上最伟大的地方;当时,就连天堂对我的吸引力也不如他们谈论的弗吉尼亚汉普顿师范和农业学院。我立刻下定决心要去那所学校,尽管我不知道它在哪儿、有多少英里远、该怎么到达;我只记得自己时刻被一个野心点燃:去汉普顿。这个念头日夜伴随着我。这里的关键是:当目标足够清晰、足够点燃你,距离和困难就退居其次。先下定决心,再一步步解决怎么去的问题,而不是等所有条件都具备才行动。

上下文

华盛顿在自传中回忆,听到汉普顿学院后立刻下定决心要去,尽管对路程和费用一无所知。这种决心最终驱使他徒步数百英里求学。

今日一问

你心里有没有一个“汉普顿”式的目标?今天可以为实现它迈出哪一小步,哪怕还不知道怎么走完全程?

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