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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 132
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, when a boy, forgot his lessons, and took pleasure only in drawing, for which his father was accustomed to rebuke him. The boy was destined for the profession of physic, but his strong instinct for art could not be repressed, and he became a painter. Gainsborough went sketching, when a schoolboy, in the woods of Sudbury; and at twelve he was a confirmed artist: he was a keen observer and a hard worker,—no picturesque feature of any scene he had once looked upon, escaping his diligent pencil. William Blake, a hosier’s son, employed himself in drawing designs on the backs of his father’s shop-bills, and making sketches on the counter. Edward Bird, when a child only three or four years old, would mount a chair and draw figures on the walls, which he called French and English soldiers. A box of colours was purchased for him, and his father, desirous of turning his love of art to account, put him apprentice to a maker of tea-trays! Out of this trade he gradually raised himself, by study and labour, to the rank of a Royal Academician.
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定位：Excerpt 132 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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约书亚·雷诺兹小时候不爱学习，只喜欢画画，父亲常为此责备他。家里原本打算让他学医，但他对艺术的强烈本能无法压抑，最终成了画家。庚斯博罗还是学童时就去萨德伯里的树林里写生，十二岁已是个坚定的小画家；他观察敏锐、勤奋刻苦，只要看过一眼的风景，任何入画的特征都逃不过他勤快的画笔。威廉·布莱克是袜商之子，常在父亲店铺账单背面画图案，在柜台上画速写。爱德华·伯德才三四岁时就爬上椅子在墙上画小人，说是英法士兵。家里给他买了一盒颜料，父亲想把他对艺术的热爱变成生计，就送他去给茶盘制造商当学徒。他就从这个行当里，靠学习和努力，一步步升到了皇家院士的地位。
上下文
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助》中的一段，19世纪英国励志经典，用名人早年经历说明兴趣与勤奋的力量。
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