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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 39
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
Hugh Miller, than whom none knew better the strength and the weakness belonging to the lot of labour, stated the result of his experience to be, that Work, even the hardest, is full of pleasure and materials for self-improvement. He held honest labour to be the best of teachers, and that the school of toil is the noblest of schools—save only the Christian one,—that it is a school in which the ability of being useful is imparted, the spirit of independence learnt, and the habit of persevering effort acquired. He was even of opinion that the training of the mechanic,—by the exercise which it gives to his observant faculties, from his daily dealing with things actual and practical, and the close experience of life which he acquires,—better fits him for picking his way along the journey of life, and is more favourable to his growth as a Man, emphatically speaking, than the training afforded by any other condition.
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定位：Excerpt 39 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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核心是：最苦的劳动也能带来快乐和自我提升。休·米勒自己就是从工人中走出来的，他最懂劳动的甘苦。他说，工作即使最艰难，也充满乐趣和让人进步的材料。他认为诚实劳动是最好的老师，劳动学校除了基督教学校之外最高贵，因为它教人变得有用、学会独立、养成坚持努力的习惯。他甚至觉得，技工的日常训练——天天接触实际事物、观察和动手、积累生活经验——比别的条件更能帮人走好人生路，也更有利于一个人真正的成长。换句话说，别把动手干活看成低人一等，它培养的是实实在在的能力和品格。今天我们可以做的，是认真对待手上的实践，把每一次动手都当成锻炼自己的机会。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》引休·米勒（苏格兰石匠出身的作家）的经验之谈。
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你手头哪项看似普通的实践，其实正在悄悄锻炼你的独立和坚持？
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