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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 10
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
LEADERS OF INDUSTRY—INVENTORS AND PRODUCERS. Industry of the English people—Work the best 27–66 educator—Hugh Miller—Poverty and toil not insurmountable obstacles—Working men as inventors—Invention of the steam-engine—James Watt: his industry and habit of attention—Matthew Boulton—Applications of the steam-engine—The Cotton manufacture—The early inventors—Paul and Highs—Arkwright: his early life—Barber, inventor and manufacturer—His influence and character—The Peels of South Lancashire—The founder of the family—The first Sir Robert Peel, cotton-printer—Lady Peel—Rev. William Lee, inventor of the stocking-frame—Dies abroad in misery—James Lee—The Nottingham lace manufacture—John Heathcoat, inventor of the bobbin-net machine—His early life, his ingenuity, and plodding perseverance—Invention of his machine—Anecdote of Lord Lyndhurst—Progress of the lace-trade—Heathcoat’s machines destroyed by the Luddites—His character—Jacquard: his inventions and adventures—Vaucanson: his mechanical genius, improvements in silk manufacture—Jacquard improves Vaucanson’s machine—The Jacquard loom adopted—Joshua Heilmann, inventor of the combing-machine—History of the invention—Its value CHAPTER III.
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这是第二章的提要,讲工业领袖、发明家和生产者。作者认为,工作是最好的教育,贫穷和劳累并非不可逾越的障碍。他列举了瓦特改良蒸汽机、阿克莱特创办棉纺厂、李发明织袜机、希思科特发明花边机、雅卡尔发明提花织机等故事,强调这些人靠的是长期专注和埋头苦干,而不是灵光一现。他也写到发明家遭遇的挫折,比如机器被卢德分子砸毁。整章的意思是:真正的本事是在干活中磨出来的;想有所创造,就要耐得住反复试验和失败,把注意力长期放在一件事上。
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《自助》第三章(标为第二章)的提要,聚焦英国工业革命中的发明家与实业家。
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