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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 226
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
There is, indeed, an essence of immortality in the life of man, even in this world. No individual in the universe stands alone; he is a component part of a system of mutual dependencies; and by his several acts he either increases or diminishes the sum of human good now and for ever. As the present is rooted in the past, and the lives and examples of our forefathers still to a great extent influence us, so are we by our daily acts contributing to form the condition and character of the future. Man is a fruit formed and ripened by the culture of all the foregoing centuries; and the living generation continues the magnetic current of action and example destined to bind the remotest past with the most distant future. No man’s acts die utterly; and though his body may resolve into dust and air, his good or his bad deeds will still be bringing forth fruit after their kind, and influencing future generations for all time to come. It is in this momentous and solemn fact that the great peril and responsibility of human existence lies.
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定位:Excerpt 226 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
人活一世,其实带有某种不朽的成分。没有谁孤立存在,每个人都处在相互依赖的系统里,一举一动都在增加或减少世上的善,而且影响现在和永远。过去扎根于先辈的生活和榜样,我们也正用每日行为塑造未来。人是前面所有世纪培养出来的果实,我们这代人延续着行动与榜样的电流,把最远的过去和最远的未来连起来。人的行为不会彻底消失,身体化为尘土,好坏行为仍会按类结果,影响后代。正因如此,人生才充满责任和风险。
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斯迈尔斯在《自助》中从榜样谈到个人行为对后世的长远影响。
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你今天的某个小行为,可能给未来留下什么影响?能否有意识地做一件善事?
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