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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 105
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
The career of Samuel Drew is not less remarkable than any of those which we have cited. His father was a hard-working labourer of the parish of St. Austell, in Cornwall. Though poor, he contrived to send his two sons to a penny-a-week school in the neighbourhood. Jabez, the elder, took delight in learning, and made great progress in his lessons; but Samuel, the younger, was a dunce, notoriously given to mischief and playing truant. When about eight years old he was put to manual labour, earning three-halfpence a day as a buddle-boy at a tin mine. At ten he was apprenticed to a shoemaker, and while in this employment he endured much hardship,—living, as he used to say, “like a toad under a harrow.” He often thought of running away and becoming a pirate, or something of the sort, and he seems to have grown in recklessness as he grew in years. In robbing orchards he was usually a leader; and, as he grew older, he delighted to take part in any poaching or smuggling adventure. When about seventeen, before his apprenticeship was out, he ran away, intending to enter on board a man-of-war; but, sleeping in a hay-field at night cooled him a little, and he returned to his trade.
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定位：Excerpt 105 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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塞缪尔·德鲁的经历同样引人注目。他父亲是康沃尔郡圣奥斯特尔教区的辛苦劳工，虽然贫穷，还是设法送两个儿子去附近每周一便士的学校。哥哥贾贝兹喜欢学习，进步很大；但弟弟塞缪尔是个笨蛋，以调皮和逃学出名。大约八岁时，他去锡矿做洗矿童工，每天挣一便士半。十岁被学徒给鞋匠，期间饱受艰辛——用他的话说，“像耙子下的蟾蜍”。他常想逃跑去当海盗之类的，随着年龄增长越发鲁莽。偷果园时他通常是头儿；长大后，喜欢参与任何偷猎或走私冒险。大约十七岁，学徒期未满，他逃跑了，打算加入海军；但夜里睡在干草地里让他冷静下来，又回到了鞋匠行业。
上下文
德鲁后来成为著名的传教士和作家，这是斯迈尔斯《自助》中关于转变的例子。
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你如何看待自己或他人过去的“劣迹”？是否相信人能够彻底改变？
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