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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 229
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
Contact with the good never fails to impart good, and we carry away with us some of the blessing, as travellers’ garments retain the odour of the flowers and shrubs through which they have passed. Those who knew the late John Sterling intimately, have spoken of the beneficial influence which he exercised on all with whom he came into personal contact. Many owed to him their first awakening to a higher being; from him they learnt what they were, and what they ought to be. Mr. Trench says of him:—“It was impossible to come in contact with his noble nature without feeling one’s self in some measure _ennobled_ and _lifted up_, as I ever felt when I left him, into a higher region of objects and aims than that in which one is tempted habitually to dwell.” It is thus that the noble character always acts; we become insensibly elevated by him, and cannot help feeling as he does and acquiring the habit of looking at things in the same light. Such is the magical action and reaction of minds upon each other.
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定位：Excerpt 229 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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和好人接触，总会沾染到好品质，就像旅人的衣服会带上经过的花草香气。认识约翰·斯特林的人说，他给所有接触过的人带来有益影响。许多人因他第一次觉醒，开始追求更高的人生。特伦奇先生说，只要接触他高尚的天性，就不可能不感到自己被提升，离开他时仿佛进入了更高的境界。高尚的品格就是这样起作用：我们不知不觉被他抬高，不由自主地像他那样感受，学会用同样的眼光看事情。这就是心灵之间神奇的相互作用。所以，想变好，就多和品格好的人待在一起，让他们的气息感染你。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》中论品格影响的一节，以约翰·斯特林为例说明人际感染的力量。
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你最近一次因为和某人相处而觉得自己被“抬高”了，是什么时候？
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