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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 29
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
Cardinal Wolsey, De Foe, Akenside, and Kirke White were the sons of butchers; Bunyan was a tinker, and Joseph Lancaster a basket-maker. Among the great names identified with the invention of the steam-engine are those of Newcomen, Watt, and Stephenson; the first a blacksmith, the second a maker of mathematical instruments, and the third an engine-fireman. Huntingdon the preacher was originally a coalheaver, and Bewick, the father of wood-engraving, a coalminer. Dodsley was a footman, and Holcroft a groom. Baffin the navigator began his seafaring career as a man before the mast, and Sir Cloudesley Shovel as a cabin-boy. Herschel played the oboe in a military band. Chantrey was a journeyman carver, Etty a journeyman printer, and Sir Thomas Lawrence the son of a tavern-keeper. Michael Faraday, the son of a blacksmith, was in early life apprenticed to a bookbinder, and worked at that trade until he reached his twenty-second year: he now occupies the very first rank as a philosopher, excelling even his master, Sir Humphry Davy, in the art of lucidly expounding the most difficult and abstruse points in natural science.
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定位:Excerpt 29 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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沃尔西红衣主教、笛福、阿肯赛德和柯克·怀特是屠夫的儿子;班扬是补锅匠,约瑟夫·兰开斯特是编篮匠。与蒸汽机发明相关的伟大名字有纽科门、瓦特和斯蒂芬森:第一个是铁匠,第二个是数学仪器制造者,第三个是司炉工。传教士亨廷顿原是运煤工,木口木刻之父比尤伊克是煤矿工。多兹利是男仆,霍尔克罗夫特是马夫。航海家巴芬从普通水手开始航海生涯,克劳德斯利·肖维尔爵士从船舱侍童做起。赫歇尔在军乐队吹双簧管。钱特里是日薪雕刻工,埃蒂是日薪印刷工,托马斯·劳伦斯爵士是酒馆老板的儿子。迈克尔·法拉第是铁匠的儿子,早年当装订工学徒,干到二十二岁;现在他位居哲学家第一流,在清晰阐述自然科学最困难深奥问题方面甚至超过他的老师汉弗莱·戴维爵士。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》结尾部分密集列举出身低微的发明家、艺术家和科学家,强化自助主题。
今日一问
你现在的起点,是否真的限制了你未来能走多远?
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