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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 26
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
No one knows to a certainty what Shakespeare was; but it is unquestionable that he sprang from a humble rank. His father was a butcher and grazier; and Shakespeare himself is supposed to have been in early life a woolcomber; whilst others aver that he was an usher in a school and afterwards a scrivener’s clerk. He truly seems to have been “not one, but all mankind’s epitome.” For such is the accuracy of his sea phrases that a naval writer alleges that he must have been a sailor; whilst a clergyman infers, from internal evidence in his writings, that he was probably a parson’s clerk; and a distinguished judge of horse-flesh insists that he must have been a horse-dealer. Shakespeare was certainly an actor, and in the course of his life “played many parts,” gathering his wonderful stores of knowledge from a wide field of experience and observation. In any event, he must have been a close student and a hard worker; and to this day his writings continue to exercise a powerful influence on the formation of English character.
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定位：Excerpt 26 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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没人确切知道莎士比亚是什么样的人，但无疑他出身卑微。父亲是屠夫和牧场主；有人说莎士比亚早年是梳毛工，也有人说他是学校助教，后来做代书员。他似乎真是‘不是一个人，而是全人类的缩影’。他的航海用语准确到有海军作家断言他当过水手；一位牧师从作品内证推测他可能是牧师助手；一位相马行家坚持他一定做过马贩。莎士比亚肯定是演员，一生‘扮演许多角色’，从广泛经验和观察中积累惊人知识。无论如何，他一定是勤勉的学生和刻苦的工作者；至今他的作品仍对英国民族性格的形成有强大影响。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》讨论莎士比亚的卑微出身和多重职业猜测，强调其勤奋。
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你能否像莎士比亚那样，把广泛经历变成持续学习的材料？
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