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布克·T·华盛顿:力争上游·摘录 50
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
After having been for a while at Hampton, I found myself in difficulty because I did not have books and clothing. Usually, however, I got around the trouble about books by borrowing from those who were more fortunate than myself. As to clothes, when I reached Hampton I had practically nothing. Everything that I possessed was in a small hand satchel. My anxiety about clothing was increased because of the fact that General Armstrong made a personal inspection of the young men in ranks, to see that their clothes were clean. Shoes had to be polished, there must be no buttons off the clothing, and no grease-spots. To wear one suit of clothes continually, while at work and in the schoolroom, and at the same time keep it clean, was rather a hard problem for me to solve. In some way I managed to get on till the teachers learned that I was in earnest and meant to succeed, and then some of them were kind enough to see that I was partly supplied with second-hand clothing that had been sent in barrels from the North. These barrels proved a blessing to hundreds of poor but deserving students. Without them I question whether I should ever have gotten through Hampton.
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定位:Excerpt 50 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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在汉普顿待了一阵,华盛顿遇到没书没衣的难题。书多半向条件好的同学借;衣服几乎一无所有,全部家当只装在一个小手提包里。阿姆斯特朗将军会亲自检查学生队列,看衣服是否干净:鞋要擦亮,扣子不能缺,不能有油渍。他只有一套衣服,上课干活都穿,还要保持干净,很难做到。后来老师们看出他认真向学,便从北方捐来的旧衣桶里分给他一些二手衣服。这些衣桶帮了成百上千穷学生,华盛顿说没有它们自己可能毕不了业。核心是:先让人看到你的认真,援助才会来;接受二手帮助不丢人。
上下文
华盛顿在自传中回忆汉普顿学院严格的生活检查和北方捐来的旧衣物。
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你是否愿意先让人看到你的认真,再坦然接受必要的帮助?
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