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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 68
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
It would be easy to extend the martyrology of inventors, and to cite the names of other equally distinguished men who have, without any corresponding advantage to themselves, contributed to the industrial progress of the age,—for it has too often happened that genius has planted the tree, of which patient dulness has gathered the fruit; but we will confine ourselves for the present to a brief account of an inventor of comparatively recent date, by way of illustration of the difficulties and privations which it is so frequently the lot of mechanical genius to surmount. We allude to Joshua Heilmann, the inventor of the Combing Machine.
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定位:Excerpt 68 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
扩展发明家的殉道史很容易,可以列举其他同样杰出的人物,他们为时代的工业进步做出了贡献,却没有给自己带来相应的好处——因为天才种树,而耐心的愚钝者摘果的情况太常见了;但我们现在只简要介绍一位相对较近的发明家,以说明机械天才经常需要克服的困难和贫困。我们指的是约书亚·海尔曼,梳棉机的发明者。
上下文
斯迈尔斯在《自助》中转向介绍另一位发明家海尔曼,作为机械天才克服困难的例证。
今日一问
我们是否应该更多关注那些默默贡献却未获回报的发明家?
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