Song Lian word JingLian,No. Qianxi. As an important minister in the Ming Dynasty, he was called "the head of the founding civil servants". A generation of rites and music, mostly ruled by it, has rich works, such as History of Yuan Dynasty and Song Shi Xue Ji.
When he was a child, his family was poor and he often borrowed books to study hard. In the preface to "Send Ma Sheng from Dongyang", he described his hard struggle experience: he loved reading when he was young, but his family was poor and he couldn't afford books. I often borrow books from people who have books. As soon as I borrow books, I copy them day and night. Even in cold weather, the water in the inkstone froze and my fingers froze, so I didn't know how to write. He kept his promise, borrowed books and returned them on time. Only those who have books and homes will always lend them to him.
When Song Lian was studying, he encountered problems and couldn't solve them by himself, so he traveled hundreds of miles to seek advice from famous teachers. In the severe winter, he was hungry, braved the snow, crossed the huge valley, climbed the mountain, his feet were frozen and cracked, and continued to look for a teacher. Song Lian studied hard for more than ten years and finally achieved excellent results.
Cai Yuanpei studied for sixty years.
Cai Yuanpei, born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. China democratic revolutionist, educator, scientist, outstanding pioneer of intellectual circles. Cai Yuanpei's first editor.
Cai Yuanpei has been studying hard since he was a child, and there are many mosquitoes every day. When reading at night, he put his feet in the bucket to avoid mosquito bites and concentrate on reading. He never stopped reading during his life's complicated work and revolutionary struggle. In his later years, he recalled: "Since I was a teenager ... I have been studying for 60 years ... and there is hardly a day when I haven't read some books." Because he has never stopped studying all his life, he is knowledgeable and known as an "academic master."
Peng never leaves his books.
Peng is a famous proletarian revolutionist and strategist. At the Lushan meeting held by the Central Committee in mid-1959, he was criticized and dismissed for sticking to correct opinions. After his dismissal, he moved out of Zhongnanhai. When packing, he handed in the marshal's clothes, fox fur coat and carpet. He said, "I don't want anything that ordinary people don't need." But you can't lose any books. "move the collection of more than 20 boxes of books to a new house in the suburbs of Beijing. 1965, when he went to work in the Southwest Third Line, he took these twenty boxes of books with him. During the ten-year catastrophe, Peng suffered from bad luck and persecution, and he was obsessed with these books. He said to the security guard, "I have no other orders except to remember my book." "After work, he buried himself in a book, and books were everywhere on the table, bed and cupboard. He studies hard, and all the books he has read are annotations.
Cao Yu is reading in the bathtub.
Cao Yu is an outstanding playwright in modern China. At the age of 23, he wrote Thunderstorm, which shocked the drama circle at that time. Later, he wrote Sunrise, Yuan Ye and other influential works. Besides, there are other dramas such as Metamorphosis, Beijingers, Home, Wang Zhaojun, Courage and Sword, which are all co-written with others. It is no accident that he achieved such brilliant achievements, which is inseparable from his diligent study.
There is such an anecdote: once Cao Yu's family prepared hot water in the bathtub and urged Cao Yu, who was studying, to take a bath. After he entered the back room, no one came out for a long time, and his family listened outside. Water sounds came from time to time in the room. After a long time, no one came out. Cao Yu's wife became suspicious and pushed the door to look over. Hi! It turned out that Cao Yu was sitting in a basin, fascinated. He watched intently with a book in one hand and slapped the water subconsciously with a towel in the other. He didn't wash it at all, but the water was cold.
Edison used books as his pillow.
Edison, a famous American scientist, had nearly 2,000 inventions in his life and was known as the "king of inventions". This is also inseparable from his diligent study. He often stays up all night studying and consulting materials. He was so sleepy that he took a book as a pillow and lay down in the laboratory for a while. Therefore, someone said humorously, "No wonder Edison had so much knowledge. It turns out that he wants to absorb nutrition from books in his sleep. "
Franklin and this book
Franklin,/kloc-a famous American politician and scientist in the 0/8th century, took part in the independence struggle last week, drafted the Declaration of Independence, negotiated with Britain on behalf of the United States, signed the Paris Peace Treaty, founded the Pennsylvania Newspaper and established the first public library in the United States. He made an important contribution to the study of atmospheric electricity and invented the lightning rod. Autobiographical author. Franklin liked reading since he was a child. My family is poor and I have no money to go to school. I have lived alone since I was a child. Often hungry to save money to buy books to read. One day, Franklin saw an old white-haired driver on the road. He was too hungry to walk. Lian Xin gave her the only piece of bread. The way the old woman looked at Franklin, she was also a poor man and couldn't bear to accept his bread. "You eat, I still have a lot in my bag." Franklin patted his backpack full of books. Franklin took out a book from his backpack and read it with relish. The old woman was eating bread. "Son, why don't you eat bread?" The old woman asked. Franklin smiled and replied, "reading is much more delicious than bread!" " "Due to financial constraints and limited ability to buy books, he had to borrow books frequently. He often knocks on the door to borrow books from friends, even lights a lamp, concentrates on reading, refreshes himself with cold water when he is tired, sits down and continues reading, and returns the books to the owner on time the next morning, never breaking his word.
Gorky in the book
Gorky, a great writer of the former Soviet Union, was called "the most outstanding representative of proletarian art" by Lenin.
He was born into a carpenter's family in Russian times. He lost his father at the age of 4 and was placed in foster care at his grandmother's house. Because of his extremely cold family, he only attended primary school for two years. 10 years old, entering the cold "human world". He worked as an apprentice, porter, caretaker and baker. He also wandered to southern Russia twice and was tortured by a miserable life. But he likes reading very much. In any case, he will seize every opportunity to pounce on the book and read it hungrily. As he himself said, "I jumped into the book, just like a hungry man jumped into the bread." In order to study, he endured humiliation. 10 years old, working as an apprentice in a shoe store. When he has no money to buy books, he borrows books everywhere. At that time, preschool children were actually slaves: shopping in the street, making stoves, cleaning the floor, washing vegetables and taking care of children ... from morning to half an hour every day. After a hard day, I insist on reading with a homemade lamp. The proprietress forbade Gorky to study and went to the attic to find books herself. When she found them, she tore them up. I was beaten by my boss's wife for studying. Gorky can endure anything, even torture, in order to study. He said, "If someone suggested to me,' Go to the square and hit you with a stick!'" "I think I can accept this condition."
Because Gorky studied hungrily and worked tirelessly all his life, he wrote many influential works: Haiyan, Eagle Song, Mother and Kerim? Samgin's life, childhood, the world, my university. In addition, he also wrote plays and a large number of political essays, features and literary comments.
The Origin of "Pen Tomb"
Huai Su, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, was famous for his cursive script, and was called "the sage of grass". His cursive script is vigorous and bold, with the trend of "showers and strong winds"
He was a monk when he was a child, and more than 10 thousand plantains were planted near the temple. He picks banana leaves and practices calligraphy every day. After the banana leaves are used up, practice calligraphy with a light-colored lacquer plate and a square board. Write all the words, erase them and practice. After a long time, the paint tray and the board were worn through. The walls, furniture and even cloth made by monks of the temple are covered with words. He practices calligraphy diligently every day, uses many bald pens, piles them up and buries them at the foot of the mountain, which is called "pen burial".
Dong Lao's crutches
Old revolutionary Dong likes calligraphy. After busy work, he is diligent in practicing calligraphy. In his later years, he always went out on crutches. When you are tired from walking, when you sit down to rest, you can use your cane as a pen and practice writing on the ground. If you sit high, you can simply hold your cane like a pen and write in the air.
When walking, use crutches to exercise the wrist strength of holding and lifting pens.
Thanks to Dong Lao's efforts, his calligraphy is beautiful and straight, which is called "Dong Ti".
Yan Xue drama.
Yan Ju Peng, the founder of Peking Opera School, is a Mongolian, and his ancestors were military attaché s of the Qing Dynasty for generations. When he was studying at the Royal Army Academy, he was particularly interested in the art of Peking Opera. After graduation, I found a small job in a Mongolian and Tibetan college, and my income was not high. My family of six lived a poor life. But he tried his best to save money for the opera. He especially likes watching the plays performed by Tan Xinpei, a famous old student. Whether it rains cats and dogs or it snows heavily, he always nails his shoes and holds an umbrella. He went to the theater to buy the cheapest ticket and watched Tan Xinpei's performance with rapt attention. For more than ten years, he has traveled all over Beijing's major cinemas without interruption.
He not only studied Tan Xinpei's performing arts assiduously, but also innovated constantly on the basis of learning from others, and finally formed his own unique style, which made him unique in Beijing Opera and became the founder of Yan School.
Menser's "terminal illness"
Aldev? Menser is a world-famous sketch master. /kloc-began to learn painting at the age of 0/3. He created more than15,000 sketches and more than 7,000 sketches in his life. These amazing works are the fruit of his hard work. No matter where he goes, he always carries painting tools with him, and he can see painting figures everywhere in the streets, rural fields and river tops. Some people say that he has a "slow painting addiction", and he said happily, "I hope this disease can't be cured."
There are a group of people in the world who are full of self-confidence, self-improvement, and strive for progress. Despite adversity, they have finally achieved brilliant achievements. Demosthenes, a famous orator in ancient Greece, suffered from stuttering, stuttering and weak voice when he was young. His speeches are often booed. He always has confidence in himself. In order to overcome the disease, he has pebbles in his mouth and shouts for practice every morning. Finally, he became an eloquent speaker.
Diligence is the characteristic of Qi Baishi's artistic life all his life. In his long-term artistic practice, he has been working hard until he is old. In his painting career of more than 70 years, he painted almost every day. After the age of 27, I only got sick twice and lost my parents once before I put down my pen. His diligence is persistent. Even in his later years, he didn't go to bed early. As usual, he gets up at dawn every day and draws some pictures after breakfast. I am really tireless in art. During the spring and summer of his death from 65438 to 0957, his spirit was a little weak, and his health was much worse than before. He refused to accept his old age at all, and stubbornly fought against aging and painted a peony, the king of flowers, which was the last painting he painted in his life.
It is said that there were "three eccentrics" in the pear garden in the late Qing Dynasty, all of which were successful because of hard work.
The blind man, Shuang Kuoting, started playing in primary school and became blind due to illness. Since then, he has studied harder and practiced basic skills. He needs help when he walks off the stage, but he never walks on the stage. His acting skills are superb. Finally, he became a famous student with deep foundation.
The other is Meng Hongshou, a cripple. When he was a child, he suffered from rickets, with short legs, small head, big feet and unstable walking. So he made up his mind to study hard, practice hard, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and later became a clown master in one fell swoop.
There is also a mute Wang Yifen, born unable to speak. He watched his parents' performances on weekdays and remembered them one by one. Although no one teaches him, he gets up early every day and practices in the dark all the year round. After his artistic achievements, he became a blockbuster, became a famous Wu Hualian in the theater, and was regarded as a mentor by the troupe.
Genius comes from diligence. Three disabled people created their best selves through hard work. If we all have the fighting spirit of the "three eccentrics", what else can't be done in the world?
Victoria. Beckham is undoubtedly one of the most fashionable and sexy female representatives in the world. In front of the camera, the spice girl can always show sexy charm, and she is particularly concerned about how to make her mouth more attractive. However, just like "genius comes from diligence", Victoria's sexy charm comes from "diligence" in addition to talent. Recently, Michelle, the former cohabiting girlfriend of the spice girl? Stevenson exposed her "old story" in a TV documentary. It turns out that Victoria used to blink in front of the mirror for more than 1.5 hours every night to make herself look sexy and pay great attention to mouth practice.
The famous German astronomer Kepler. When I was 4 years old, I had smallpox, which left me with dangerous sequelae. Later, I got scarlet fever, my eyes were damaged by high fever, and I was highly nearsighted. He suffered from illness all his life. But he never lost confidence, and he was fearless and high-spirited in the poverty and illness of more than 0 years. Three laws of planetary motion were established, which laid the foundation for Newton to discover universal gravitation. His important works include Mystery of the Universe, Summary of Copernican Astronomy, Harmony of the Universe, etc.
Taha? Hussein, an Egyptian writer and literary critic, was blind at the age of three. Tough and confident, he studied in France and became the first doctor in Egyptian history. His works include The Call of the Partridge, The Unfortunate Tree, Lovelorn and Autobiographical Days. He also wrote a large number of works such as literary criticism "Literature in the Pre-Islamic Era" and "History of Arabic Literature", which is known as "the pillar of Arabic literature".
/kloc-Mo Bosang, a French writer in the 0/9th century, was called "the king of short stories". He had not published any works at the age of 30. He began to lose confidence, stopped practicing writing and wanted to switch to business. His sister criticized him for his lack of perseverance and suggested that he visit Flaubert, who is 29 years older than him.
Flaubert was a famous writer in literary circles at that time. He cordially received the visiting Mo Bosang, let Mo Bosang into his study, and pointed to his work, saying, I was as frustrated and wavering as you were at the beginning, but I persisted in the end. It is important to have confidence and perseverance. After returning home, Mo Bosang continued to immerse himself in practice and worked tirelessly. Soon, he published his first novel, The Road to Suicide, and then it was too late. He wrote more than 300 short stories, 6 novels, 3 travel notes and many critical articles about literature and current politics in his life.
Ehrlich, a bacteriologist, discovered a chemical called "Atoschel" to cure the sleeping sickness that was prevalent at that time, which could kill the larvae that caused sleeping sickness. However, the fly in the ointment is that this drug will bring blindness to people. Ehrlich and his assistant persevered. After 606 experiments and 605 failures, they finally succeeded in making a drug that could save the sleeping patients without hurting their eyesight, and named it "606".
1508, Michelangelo, an Italian sculptor, painter and poet, accepted the task of painting a large mural on the roof of Romasis Ting Church. The task is quite arduous: the roof is more than 20 meters high, with an area of 300 square meters, and there are more than 340 figures in the painting. He worked day and night, how many times he fell off the scaffold and was seriously injured. After four years and three months' efforts, he finally completed this huge mural that caused a sensation all over Italy, but his body was deformed.
Franklin, an American scientist, was poor when he was a child. He went to school at the age of 8, 12, and became a small apprentice in a printing factory. But the harsh environment did not stop him from learning. He studied hard by himself and laid the foundation from scratch. After nearly 30 years of hard work, he taught himself most of the knowledge about electricity, thus correctly explaining the essence of electricity-the law of charge conservation and successfully revealing the secret of lightning.
Wu, an outstanding writer in Qing Dynasty, was born in a poor family. When he wrote The Scholars, he often went hungry because there was no rice to cook at home. Once I couldn't eat for two days in a row, and I was dizzy with hunger. I was lying in bed panting and asked my wife for a pen to continue writing a book. His wife advised him with tears. Just then, a relative sent three buckets of rice and two thousand copper coins.
Wu Jingzi told his wife to make a fire and cook. He got out of bed at once and went to the desk to write.
During World War II, the Czech writer Fuchik was imprisoned by German fascists. He was tortured black and blue. He was in a coma for several weeks. As soon as he woke up, he asked Klinski, a compassionate prisoner, for a pen and paper and wrote an article on the bed board. Every time I write a chapter, Toklinski secretly takes it out of prison. He endured the pain of his wounds all over, sweating heavily on his forehead, dripping wet the manuscript paper and soaking the bed board, and still insisted on writing. After his sacrifice, his book was published, which is now called "Report under the gallows".
Ostrovsky, a famous writer in the former Soviet Union, was paralyzed and blind, but he didn't bow to his fate and decided to write a long flat novel How Steel was Tempered. At first, he dictated and recorded. Later, he thought it was always good to let others do it for him. So he made a picture frame out of cardboard, put it on the manuscript paper, and touched the picture frame with his hand to write. He endured the pain, gritted his teeth and kept writing page after page. It took nearly five years to finally complete this world masterpiece.
Li Guizhen learned to draw tigers. Li Guizhen, a famous tiger painter in the Five Dynasties, liked painting since he was a child, especially tigers. However, because he has never seen a real tiger, he always paints it as a sick cat. So he decided to go deep into the forest to see the real tiger. With the help of Uncle Orion, he finally saw the real tiger. Through a lot of sketching and copying, his tiger painting skills have advanced by leaps and bounds, and the tigers in his paintings are lifelike, which can be confused. Since then, he has traveled many famous mountains and rivers for most of his life, met many birds and animals, and finally became a generation of painting masters.
Ouyang xiu borrowed scriptures. Ouyang Xiu, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, was gifted since childhood. But because the family is poor, there is no money to buy paper and pens at home. In order to let her son learn to write and practice calligraphy, Zheng, Ouyang Xiu's mother, came up with a clever way to teach Xiao Ouyang Xiu to write with a brush instead of a brush. Ouyang Xiu worked hard, learned a good hand and became a well-known child prodigy. This kind of hard work also influenced his little friend Li, and he took Li on the road to study.
Once upon a time, in the American Standard Oil Company, there was a clerk named Akibot. When he stays in a hotel on a long trip, he always writes the words "4 dollars a barrel of standard oil" under his signature. Letters and receipts are no exception. As long as you sign, you must write those words. Day after day, year after year, he was called "4 yuan a barrel" by his colleagues, but his real name was not called out. Rockefeller, the chairman of the company, said after learning about the incident, "I want to meet employees who work so hard and care about the company's reputation." So I invited archibald to dinner. Later, Rockefeller stepped down and Akibot became the second chairman.
This is something anyone can do, but only archibald has done it, and he is determined to win and enjoys it. There must be many talents and abilities above him among those who laughed at him, but in the end, only he became the chairman.
Starting from small things is to pave the way for the future. Persistence is a valuable quality.
Stephen? Hawking 1942 1.8 was born in Oxford, England. This is a special day. Galileo, the founder of modern science, died on the same day 300 years ago. He was terminally ill when he was young, but he persevered, overcame his pain and became a world-famous scientist.
Hawking went to Cambridge University for postgraduate study after graduating from Oxford University. At this time, he was diagnosed as "Luger's disease" and soon became completely paralyzed. 1985 Hawking underwent tracheal surgery for pneumonia. After that, he couldn't speak at all, and he could only talk to people with a small dialogue machine and a speech synthesizer installed in a wheelchair. Reading must rely on a page turning machine. When reading a document, you need to ask someone to spread every page on a big table, but then he will read page by page in a wheelchair like a silkworm eating mulberry leaves. ...
However, Hawking will not give up his desire for learning because of a minor illness. It is in this incredible hardship that ordinary people have become the giants of gravitational physics recognized by the world. Hawking is a Luxun professor of mathematics at Cambridge University. His black hole evaporation theory and quantum cosmology not only shocked natural science, but also had a far-reaching impact on philosophy and religion. Hawking also published A Brief History of Time, 1988, in April, and has distributed 5.5 million copies in 33 languages. Nowadays in the west, people who claim to be educated will be looked down upon if they have not read this book.
Nobel's father was a brilliant mechanic and inventor, but he suffered setbacks repeatedly because of poor management. Later, a fire destroyed all the possessions, and life was completely down and out, so we had to borrow money to live. In order to avoid creditors, my father left home and went to Russia to make a living. Nobel's two brothers sell matches in the street to earn money to support their families. Because of the hardships of life, Nobel was born weak and sick, and his poor health made him unable to be as lively and cheerful as other children. He often acts as a bystander when other children play together. The environment of his childhood made him withdrawn and introverted.
Nobel didn't go to school until he was eight years old, but he only studied for one year, which was the only formal school education he received. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Petersburg, Russia. In Russia, because of the language barrier, Nobel and his two brothers could not enter the local school, so they had to hire a Swedish tutor to guide them to learn Russian, English, French, German and other languages. The frail Nobel studied very hard, and his studious attitude not only won the praise of teachers, but also won the love of his father and brothers. However, when he 15 years old, the three brothers had to stop studying because of family financial difficulties and could not afford the tuition. Nobel came to the factory run by his father as an assistant. He observed carefully and thought carefully, and all the important knowledge he heard and saw was keenly absorbed by him.
In order to study more, he went abroad to study 1850. In two years, he has been to Germany, France, Italy and the United States. Because he is good at observing and studying hard, he accumulates knowledge quickly. He soon became a multilingual scholar and a scientifically trained scientist. After returning to China, during his internship in the factory, he inspected many production processes, not only added a lot of practical technology, but also became familiar with the production and management of the factory.
In this way, Nobel, who had no formal education, finally became a scientist and inventor through hard work and persistent self-study.
After Nobel's mother died, he donated his life's property of 3 billion Swedish dollars to charity, leaving only his mother's photo as a permanent memorial. In order to remember him forever, the science prize named after him has become the highest science prize attracting worldwide attention.
Diligence makes talents and diligence makes achievements, without exception. Wang Zhen is a famous agronomist in China. He traveled all over North and South 17 provinces for more than ten years and compiled his masterpiece "Agricultural Books". Wang Zhen died shortly after the book was published. "Agricultural books" are large in scale and wide in scope. The encyclopedia of * * * consists of 37 volumes (there are 36 existing volumes and 22 versions with the same content), with about130,000 words and more than 300 illustrations. Among them, there are three parts, namely, A Tale of Nongsang, Cooper's Spectrum and Agricultural Gas Map, which are both general and sub-theoretical, with pictures and texts, clear system and complete style.
honest
When Han Xin was down and out, a floating mother brought him food. Han Xin told her when she left that she would repay her in the future. Later, when Han Xin became the king of Chu, he did not forget his old love and made a donation to his mother.
Yan Shu, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, is famous for his incorruptibility. At the age of fourteen, he was recommended to the emperor and became a child prodigy. The emperor summoned him and asked him to take the exam at the same time with more than 1000 Jinshi. As a result, Yan Shu found that she had just finished practicing ten days ago, so she truthfully reported to Zhenzong and asked to change to other places where she had no money to go out to eat, drink and have fun, so she had to study and write articles with her brothers at home. One day, Zhenzong promoted Yan Shu to the title of assisting the prince to study. Song Zhenzong appreciated Yan Shu's honesty very much and named him "fellow scholar". When Yan Shu takes office, the world is at peace. Therefore, Beijing officials, large and small, often go to the suburbs or hold various banquets in restaurants and teahouses in the city. Yan Shu came from a poor family and worked as an official in the East Palace. Ministers were surprised and didn't understand why Zhenzong made such a decision. Zhenzong said: "
Ministers often play and eat, only Yan Shu studies behind closed doors, so she is cautious in self-esteem and is the best candidate for the East Palace official. "Yan Shu thanked her and said," I am actually a person who likes to play and drink, but my family is poor. If I had money, I would take part in a banquet tour. These two things made Yan Shu establish prestige in front of the minister, and Song Zhenzong trusted him more.
Washington cut down his father's cherry tree with a small axe. When his father saw his beloved tree cut down, he was very angry and threatened to teach the tree cutter a lesson. Washington admitted his mistake in front of his angry father. Father was very moved and said that Washington's honesty is much more precious than all cherry trees.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Qin Shangyang presided over the political reform with the support of Qin Xiaogong. At that time, at a time of frequent wars and panic, in order to establish prestige and promote reform, Shang Yang ordered a 30-foot-long wood to be erected outside the south gate of the capital, and made a promise in public: whoever can move this wood to the north gate will be rewarded with twelve taels of silver. None of the onlookers believe that such an easy thing can get such a high reward, so no one is willing to try. So Shang Yang raised the reward to 50 gold. Under the four rewards, there must be brave people. Finally someone stepped forward and carried the wood to the north gate. Shang Yang immediately rewarded him with fifty gold. Shang Yang's move established prestige in the hearts of the people, and Shang Yang's next reform was quickly popularized in Qin State. The new law made the State of Qin stronger and eventually unified China.
A businessman in Jiyang sank while crossing the river. He grabbed a hemp pole and shouted for help. A fisherman heard the sound. The businessman quickly shouted: "I am the richest man in Jiyang. If you can save me, I will give you 100 two gold. " . After being rescued ashore, the businessman turned his face and denied people. He only gave the fisherman 10 two gold. The fisherman accused him of breaking his word and going back on his word. The rich man said, "You are a fisherman. I can't make much money in my life. Is it not enough to suddenly get twelve taels of gold? " My husband must be very unhappy. Unexpectedly, the rich man capsized in the same place again. Someone tried to save him, and the person he cheated said, "He is a man of his word!" " "So the merchant drowned. It is accidental that the businessman capsized twice and met the same husband, but it is expected that the businessman will not be rewarded. Because if a person does not keep his word, he will lose the trust of others. So, once he is in trouble, no one wants to rescue him. Those who break their promises to others, once in trouble, have to sit still.
☆/kloc-A wealthy British gentleman in the 8th century was walking home late one night when he was stopped by a unkempt and ragged boy. "Please buy a pack of matches, sir," said the little boy. I won't buy it. The gentleman replied. Then the gentleman walked away from the boy. "Sir, please buy a bag. I have eaten nothing today. " The little boy caught up with him. Seeing that the boy could not escape, the gentleman said, "but I have no change." "Sir, take the match first and I'll change it for you." After that, the boy ran away with a pound given by the gentleman. The gentleman waited for a long time, but the boy still didn't come back. The gentleman went home helplessly.
The next day, the gentleman was working in his office. The servant said that a boy had come and asked to meet the gentleman. So the boy was called in. The boy is shorter than the boy who sells matches and is dressed in rags. I'm sorry, sir. My brother asked me to bring you the change. " "Where's your brother?" The way of a gentleman. "My brother was seriously injured by a carriage on his way back to find you after changing the change, and he was lying at home." The gentleman was deeply moved by the little boy's honesty. "Let's go! Let's go and see your brother! " When I went to the boy's house, I saw that as long as the stepmother of both boys was greeting the seriously injured boy. Seeing this gentleman, the boy quickly said, "I'm sorry I didn't send you the change back on time. I broke my word!" " The gentleman was deeply moved by the boy's honesty. When he learned that the parents of the two boys had died, he resolutely decided to take on everything they needed in life.
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Lincoln was a sailor in his early years. One day in June, he and several sailors came to the slave auction market in the southern American city of New Orleans. They saw rows of slaves standing there in shackles and handcuffs, all of them tied together by thick ropes. Slave owners look at their slaves like mules and horses. Sometimes they will go up and touch their arms and pat their thighs to see if they are strong enough to work in the future. Slave owners whipped slaves and branded them with red-hot iron bars. At this time, young Lincoln said angrily, "What a shame! When I have a chance, I must completely crush this slavery. "
1860, at the age of 5/kloc-0, Lincoln won the US presidential election and became the President of the United States. He really abolished slavery and realized this great ambition. At the same time, he is respected by the American people.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was a man named Ji Bu. He kept his word and had a very high reputation. Many people have established a strong friendship with him. At that time, there was even a proverb: "It is better to get a hundred pounds of gold than to keep a promise." (This is the origin of the idiom "A promise is as good as a gold") Later, he offended Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu, and was offered a reward for his capture. As a result, his old friends not only were not confused by the heavy money, but also risked the extinction of Jiuzu to protect him from disaster. A person who is honest and trustworthy will naturally get a lot of help and gain everyone's respect and friendship. On the other hand, if you covet temporary comfort or petty advantages and lose trust in your friends, you will get "benefits" on the surface. But for this benefit, he ruined his reputation, which is much more important than material things. Therefore, breaking a promise to a friend is tantamount to losing a watermelon and picking up sesame seeds, which is not worth the loss.
As a teenager, he worked as a clerk in the village grocery store. On one occasion, a customer overpaid a few cents, and it took him more than ten miles to return it. On another occasion, he found that he had given the customer two or two teas less, so he ran several miles to deliver the tea to that family. He is honest, diligent and modest, and is loved by people around him wherever he goes.
1834, at the age of 25, Lincoln was elected as a senator from Illinois and began his political career. 1836 became a lawyer through the examination.
When he became a lawyer, he was proficient in law, eloquent and famous in the local area. Many people came to him for help in the lawsuit. But he defended the client on one condition, that is, the client must be a fair party. Many poor people have no money to pay for their labor, but just tell Lincoln: "I am just, please help me to do justice." Lincoln will defend him for free.