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拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生:随笔·摘录 10

拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生《随笔》· Essays · 健康 · 认知 · 学习 · 成长

Of course there is a portion of reading quite indispensable to a wise man. History and exact science he must learn by laborious reading. Colleges, in like manner, have their indispensable office,--to teach elements. But they can only highly serve us when they aim not to drill, but to create; when they gather from far every ray of various genius to their hospitable halls, and by the concentrated fires set the hearts of their youth on flame. Thought and knowledge are natures in which apparatus and pretension avail nothing. Gowns[37] and pecuniary foundations,[38] though of towns of gold, can never countervail the least sentence or syllable of wit.[39] Forget this, and our American colleges will recede in their public importance, whilst they grow richer every year.

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定位:Excerpt 10 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

爱默生认为,读书对智者必不可少,但大学不能只靠灌输和训练。历史与精确科学必须苦读,学院教基础也有其必要;可学院真正高贵的作用,是广采各种天才的光芒,用汇聚之火点燃年轻人的心。思想和知识不靠外在排场,学位袍和金钱基金再多,也抵不上一句机智的话。若忘记这点,美国学院会一年比一年富,却在公众心中越来越不重要。

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出自爱默生《随笔集》中《论美国学者》。19世纪美国学院重背诵、重捐赠,他呼吁教育要激发创造而非机械训练。

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