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拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生：随笔·摘录 13
拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生《随笔》· Essays · 健康 · 成长 · 认知 · 行动
If it were only for a vocabulary, the scholar would be covetous of action. Life is our dictionary.[52] Years are well spent in country labors; in town; in the insight into trades and manufactures; in frank intercourse with many men and women; in science; in art; to the one end of mastering in all their facts a language by which to illustrate and embody our perceptions. I learn immediately from any speaker how much he has already lived, through the poverty or the splendor of his speech. Life lies behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day. This is the way to learn grammar. Colleges and books only copy the language which the field and the work-yard made.
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定位：Excerpt 13 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
爱默生说，哪怕只为丰富词汇，学者也该渴望行动，因为生活就是我们的词典。在乡下劳作、在城里做事、了解各行各业、与各种男女坦率交往、钻研科学和艺术，这些年月都花得值；目的是掌握一门能说明和体现自己感受的语言。他一听人说话，就能从措辞的贫乏或华美判断对方活过多少。生活像采石场，为我们今天的砌墙提供石料。学语法就该这样；学院和书本只是抄写田野与工场造出的语言。
上下文
出自爱默生《随笔集》中《论美国学者》。他反对死读书，主张亲身行动才能让语言和思想有血有肉。
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你最近一次从真实做事中学到的“词”，是什么？
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