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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 41
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
Inventors have set in motion some of the greatest industries of the world. To them society owes many of its chief necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; and by their genius and labour daily life has been rendered in all respects more easy as well as enjoyable. Our food, our clothing, the furniture of our homes, the glass which admits the light to our dwellings at the same time that it excludes the cold, the gas which illuminates our streets, our means of locomotion by land and by sea, the tools by which our various articles of necessity and luxury are fabricated, have been the result of the labour and ingenuity of many men and many minds. Mankind at large are all the happier for such inventions, and are every day reaping the benefit of them in an increase of individual well-being as well as of public enjoyment.
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定位：Excerpt 41 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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核心是：发明家推动了世界最大的产业，日常生活的便利都靠他们。斯迈尔斯说，发明家启动了许多世界级的大产业，社会的主要必需品、舒适品和奢侈品都欠他们的情。靠他们的天才和劳动，日常生活方方面面都变得更轻松、更享受。我们吃的、穿的、家里的家具、透光又挡寒的玻璃、照亮街道的煤气、陆上和海上的交通工具、制造各种用品的工具，都是无数人劳动和智慧的成果。全人类都因这些发明而更幸福，每天都在享受个人生活改善和公共便利增加的好处。换句话说，别把日常便利当成理所当然，背后是无数人的心血。今天我们可以做的，是怀着感恩使用这些成果，并想想自己能为他人创造点什么便利。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》论发明家对社会的贡献，19世纪工业发明频出的时代。
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你今天用到的哪样便利，背后是许多人的心血？你能为别人创造什么便利？
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