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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 122

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导

Ambrose Paré, the great French surgeon, was another illustrious instance of close observation, patient application, and indefatigable perseverance. He was the son of a barber at Laval, in Maine, where he was born in 1509. His parents were too poor to send him to school, but they placed him as foot-boy with the curé of the village, hoping that under that learned man he might pick up an education for himself. But the curé kept him so busily employed in grooming his mule and in other menial offices that the boy found no time for learning. While in his service, it happened that the celebrated lithotomist, Cotot, came to Laval to operate on one of the curé’s ecclesiastical brethren. Paré was present at the operation, and was so much interested by it that he is said to have from that time formed the determination of devoting himself to the art of surgery.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/935
定位:Excerpt 122 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

帕雷是法国著名外科医生,出身贫寒,没机会上学,被父母送到神父家当仆役,指望他跟着有学问的人学点东西。可神父只让他干喂骡子之类的杂活,根本没时间学习。后来一位有名的取石专家来给神父的同事做手术,帕雷在场观看,被手术深深吸引,据说从那时起他就下定决心要学外科。这说明,真正的兴趣往往来自一次亲眼所见,哪怕环境再差,只要心里被点燃,就能自己找路往前走。

上下文

斯迈尔斯《自助》中讲述安布鲁瓦兹·帕雷(1509—1590)的早年经历,用来说明兴趣和毅力的力量。

今日一问

你身边有没有一次偶然的见闻,可能点燃你长期投入的方向?

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