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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 23
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
All nations have been made what they are by the thinking and the working of many generations of men. Patient and persevering labourers in all ranks and conditions of life, cultivators of the soil and explorers of the mine, inventors and discoverers, manufacturers, mechanics and artisans, poets, philosophers, and politicians, all have contributed towards the grand result, one generation building upon another’s labours, and carrying them forward to still higher stages. This constant succession of noble workers—the artisans of civilisation—has served to create order out of chaos in industry, science, and art; and the living race has thus, in the course of nature, become the inheritor of the rich estate provided by the skill and industry of our forefathers, which is placed in our hands to cultivate, and to hand down, not only unimpaired but improved, to our successors.
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定位：Excerpt 23 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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所有民族之所以成为今天的样子，都是许多代人思考和劳作的结果。各个阶层中耐心坚持的劳动者——农民、矿工、发明家、发现者、制造商、技工、诗人、哲学家、政治家——都为此做出了贡献，一代人在前人的劳动上继续建造，推向更高阶段。这些高贵的劳动者不断接力，是文明的工匠，他们在工业、科学和艺术中从混乱中创造出秩序。因此，我们这一代人自然继承了祖先用技能和勤劳留下的丰厚遗产，我们有责任去耕耘它，并完好地、甚至更好地传给后代。
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《自助》结尾部分，总结文明是世代累积的成果，强调继承与传递的责任。
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你从上一代继承了什么，又打算如何把它改进后传下去？
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