资源描述：
《John Jacob Astor(约翰·约伯·奥斯塔) 》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、JohnJacobAstorJohnJacobAstorBYELBERTHUBBARD1JohnJacobAstorLITTLEJOURNEYSVictorHugosays,``Whenyouopenaschool,youcloseaprison.''Thisseemstorequirealittleexplanation.VictorHugodidnothaveinmindatheologicalschool,noryetayoungladies'seminary,noranEnglishboarding-school,n
2、oramilitaryacademy,andleastofallaparochialinstitute.Whathewasthinkingofwasaschoolwherepeople--youngandold--weretaughttobeself-respecting,self-reliantandefficient--tocareforthemselves,tohelpbeartheburdensoftheworld,toassistthemselvesbyaddingtothehappinessofothers.Vi
3、ctorHugofullyrealizedthattheonlyeducationthatservesistheonethatincreaseshumanefficiency,nottheonethatretardsit.Aneducationforhonors,ease,medals,degrees,titles,position--immunity--maytendtoexalttheindividualego,butitweakenstheraceanditsgainonthewholeisnil.Menarerich
4、onlyastheygive.Hewhogivesgreatservice,getsgreatreturns.Actionandreactionareequal,andtheradiatorypoweroftheplanetsbalancestheirattraction.Theloveyoukeepistheloveyougiveaway.Abumptiouscoloredpersonwearingaderbytippedoveroneeye,andacigarinhismouthpointingtothenorthwes
5、t,walkedintoahardwarestoreandremarked,``Lemmeseeyourrazors.''Theclerksmiledpleasantlyandasked,``Doyouwantarazortoshavewith?''``Naw,''saidthecoloredperson,``--forsocialpurposes.''Aneducationforsocialpurposesisn'tofanymoreusethanarazorpurchasedforalikeuse.Aneducation
6、whichmerelyfitsapersontopreyonsociety,andoccasionallyslashitup,isapredatorypreparationforalifeofuselessness,andclosesnoprison.Ratheritopensaprisonandtakescaptiveatleastoneman.Theonlyeducationthatmakesfreeistheonethattendstohumanefficiency.Teachchildrentowork,play,l
7、augh,fletcherize,study,think,andyetagain--work,andwewillrazeeveryprison.2JohnJacobAstorThereisonlyoneprison,anditsnameisInefficiency.AmidthebastionsofthisbastileofthebraintheguardsarePride,Pretense,Greed,Gluttony,Selfishness.Increasehumanefficiencyandyousetthecapti
8、vesfree.``TheTeutonictribeshavecapturedtheworldbecauseoftheirefficiency,''saysLeckythehistorian.HethenaddsthathehimselfisaCelt.Thetwostatementsta
