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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 179
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
HAZLITT, in one of his clever essays, represents the man of business as a mean sort of person put in a go-cart, yoked to a trade or profession; alleging that all he has to do is, not to go out of the beaten track, but merely to let his affairs take their own course. “The great requisite,” he says, “for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination, or of any ideas but those of custom and interest on the narrowest scale.” {263} But nothing could be more one-sided, and in effect untrue, than such a definition. Of course, there are narrow-minded men of business, as there are narrow-minded scientific men, literary men, and legislators; but there are also business men of large and comprehensive minds, capable of action on the very largest scale. As Burke said in his speech on the India Bill, he knew statesmen who were pedlers, and merchants who acted in the spirit of statesmen.
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定位：Excerpt 179 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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哈兹里特在一篇聪明的文章中，把商人描绘成一种被放在学步车里的卑贱之人，被束缚在行业或职业上；声称他所要做的不是走出老路，而只是让事务自行发展。他说：“成功管理普通业务的最大要求，就是缺乏想象力，或者除了最狭隘尺度上的习俗和利益之外没有任何想法。”但这种定义再片面不过，实际上也不真实。当然，有狭隘的商人，也有狭隘的科学家、文学家和立法者；但也有心胸宽广、能大规模行动的商人。正如伯克在关于印度法案的演讲中所说，他认识像小贩一样的政治家，也认识有政治家气度的商人。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》中反驳哈兹里特对商人偏见的段落，哈兹里特是19世纪英国散文家。
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