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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 95
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
Böttgher at last fell seriously ill, and in May, 1713, his dissolution was hourly expected. The King, alarmed at losing so valuable a slave, now gave him permission to take carriage exercise under a guard; and, having somewhat recovered, he was allowed occasionally to go to Dresden. In a letter written by the King in April, 1714, Böttgher was promised his full liberty; but the offer came too late. Broken in body and mind, alternately working and drinking, though with occasional gleams of nobler intention, and suffering under constant ill-health, the result of his enforced confinement, Böttgher lingered on for a few years more, until death freed him from his sufferings on the 13th March, 1719, in the thirty-fifth year of his age. He was buried _at night_—as if he had been a dog—in the Johannis Cemetery of Meissen. Such was the treatment and such the unhappy end, of one of Saxony’s greatest benefactors.
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定位：Excerpt 95 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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伯特格尔病重，1713年5月濒临死亡。国王怕失去宝贵的奴隶，允许他在看守下坐马车活动，稍好后可偶尔去德累斯顿。1714年4月，国王承诺给他自由，但为时已晚。伯特格尔身心俱疲，时好时坏，因长期监禁健康受损，又过了几年，于1719年3月13日去世，年仅35岁。他像狗一样被夜间埋葬在迈森的公墓。这就是萨克森最大恩人之一的遭遇和不幸结局。
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伯特格尔在囚禁中去世，尽管他发明了瓷器，为萨克森带来巨大利益。
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一个对社会有巨大贡献的人，却得不到应有的尊重和自由，这公平吗？
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