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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 124

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导

He next determined to trace out the strata through districts as remote from Bath as his means would enable him to reach. For years he journeyed to and fro, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, riding on the tops of stage coaches, often making up by night-travelling the time he had lost by day, so as not to fail in his ordinary business engagements. When he was professionally called away to any distance from home—as, for instance, when travelling from Bath to Holkham, in Norfolk, to direct the irrigation and drainage of Mr. Coke’s land in that county—he rode on horseback, making frequent detours from the road to note the geological features of the country which he traversed.

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定位:Excerpt 124 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

史密斯接着决定,要沿着自己能到达的远近地区追踪岩层。多年里他来回奔波,有时步行,有时骑马,有时坐在公共马车顶上,常常用夜间赶路补回白天耽误的时间,以免耽误正业。当工作把他叫到离家很远的地方,比如从巴斯去诺福克的霍尔克姆指导科克先生的土地灌溉和排水,他就骑马前往,一路上频繁绕道,记下经过地区的地质特征。这说明,真正的钻研不是等有大块空闲才做,而是把日常行程也变成观察和记录的机会。

上下文

斯迈尔斯《自助》中继续讲史密斯如何利用一切出行机会做地质调查。

今日一问

你下次出门时,能不能顺路观察并记下一个平时忽略的细节?

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