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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 255

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导

{216} Mansfield owed nothing to his noble relations, who were poor and uninfluential. His success was the legitimate and logical result of the means which he sedulously employed to secure it. When a boy he rode up from Scotland to London on a pony—taking two months to make the journey. After a course of school and college, he entered upon the profession of the law, and he closed a career of patient and ceaseless labour as Lord Chief Justice of England—the functions of which he is universally admitted to have performed with unsurpassed ability, justice, and honour.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/935
定位:Excerpt 255 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

曼斯菲尔德没靠贵族亲戚,他们又穷又没影响力。他的成功是他自己勤勉争取来的必然结果。小时候他骑小马从苏格兰到伦敦,走了两个月。经过学校和大学教育后,他进入法律界,最终以英格兰首席大法官的身份结束一生,人们普遍认为他能力超群、公正而体面。这说明出身和关系不是决定因素,持续的努力和耐心才是。

上下文

《自助》以曼斯菲尔德勋爵为例,说明出身贫寒者靠努力也能登上法律界顶峰。

今日一问

如果撇开家庭背景,你眼下能靠哪一件具体的事积累自己的资本?

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