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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 60

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导

His parents dying, Jacquard found himself in a measure compelled to take to his father’s two looms, and carry on the trade of a weaver. He immediately proceeded to improve the looms, and became so engrossed with his inventions that he forgot his work, and very soon found himself at the end of his means. He then sold the looms to pay his debts, at the same time that he took upon himself the burden of supporting a wife. He became still poorer, and to satisfy his creditors, he next sold his cottage. He tried to find employment, but in vain, people believing him to be an idler, occupied with mere dreams about his inventions. At length he obtained employment with a line-maker of Bresse, whither he went, his wife remaining at Lyons, earning a precarious living by making straw bonnets.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/935
定位:Excerpt 60 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

父母去世后,雅卡尔不得不接手父亲的两台织机,继续当织工。可他马上开始改进织机,沉迷发明忘了干活,很快钱就花光了。为了还债,他卖掉织机,同时还得养老婆。日子更穷,他又卖掉小屋抵债。他想找活干却没人要,大家觉得他是个光做梦的懒汉。最后布雷斯的一个制绳匠雇了他,他去了那里,老婆留在里昂靠编草帽勉强糊口。

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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助》中的故事,讲法国发明家雅卡尔早年穷困、痴迷发明的经历。

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