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There he experienced the frequent fate of inventors. He was regarded by his townsmen as an enemy, and treated by them as Kay, Hargreaves, and Arkwright had been in Lancashire. The workmen looked upon the new loom as fatal to their trade, and feared lest it should at once take the bread from their mouths. A tumultuous meeting was held on the Place des Terreaux, when it was determined to destroy the machines. This was however prevented by the military. But Jacquard was denounced and hanged in effigy. The ‘Conseil des prud’hommes’ in vain endeavoured to allay the excitement, and they were themselves denounced. At length, carried away by the popular impulse, the prud’hommes, most of whom had been workmen and sympathized with the class, had one of Jacquard’s looms carried off and publicly broken in pieces. Riots followed, in one of which Jacquard was dragged along the quay by an infuriated mob intending to drown him, but he was rescued.
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定位：Excerpt 66 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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发明家常常遭遇这样的命运：被同乡视为敌人，就像兰开夏郡的凯、哈格里夫斯和阿克莱特一样。工人们认为新织机对他们的行业是致命的，担心它会立刻夺走他们的生计。在特罗广场举行了一场喧闹的集会，决定销毁这些机器。然而军队阻止了此事。但雅卡尔被公开谴责，并被处以绞刑模拟像。劳资调解委员会徒劳地试图平息激动情绪，他们自己也被谴责。最终，被民众冲动所驱使，委员会（其中大多数曾是工人并同情工人阶级）让人搬走雅卡尔的一台织机并公开砸碎。随后发生骚乱，在其中一次骚乱中，雅卡尔被愤怒的暴民沿码头拖拽，意图淹死他，但他被救了出来。
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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助》一书讲述发明家雅卡尔因发明提花织机而遭工人抵制和迫害的故事，反映工业革命时期技术革新与工人利益的冲突。
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当新技术可能威胁到某些人的生计时，社会应该如何平衡创新与保护？
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