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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 115
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
The most ordinary occasions will furnish a man with opportunities or suggestions for improvement, if he be but prompt to take advantage of them. Professor Lee was attracted to the study of Hebrew by finding a Bible in that tongue in a synagogue, while working as a common carpenter at the repairs of the benches. He became possessed with a desire to read the book in the original, and, buying a cheap second-hand copy of a Hebrew grammar, he set to work and learnt the language for himself. As Edmund Stone said to the Duke of Argyle, in answer to his grace’s inquiry how he, a poor gardener’s boy, had contrived to be able to read Newton’s Principia in Latin, “One needs only to know the twenty-four letters of the alphabet in order to learn everything else that one wishes.” Application and perseverance, and the diligent improvement of opportunities, will do the rest.
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最平常的场合也能给人提供改进的机会，只要他肯及时抓住。李教授当木匠修长椅时，在犹太教堂发现一本希伯来文《圣经》，由此被吸引去学希伯来语；他买了便宜的二手语法书自学。埃德蒙·斯通是个园丁的儿子，却能读拉丁文的牛顿《原理》，当公爵问他怎么做到的，他说：“一个人只需认识字母表的二十四个字母，就能学会任何他想学的东西。”剩下的全靠勤奋、坚持和对机会的充分利用。核心是：机会常藏在日常琐事里，关键是有没有敏感度和行动力。做法是：留意身边能接触到的资源，从最基础的一步开始自学。
上下文
同出《自助》，斯迈尔斯用一系列自学成才的例子鼓励普通人。
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你最近一次在平常场合发现学习机会是什么时候？当时你抓住它了吗？
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