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1、TheUniversityofHardKnocksTheUniversityofHardKnocksByRalphParlette1TheUniversityofHardKnocksWhyItIsPrintedMOREthanamillionpeoplehavesatinaudiencesinallpartsoftheUnitedStatesandhavelistenedto"TheUniversityofHardKnocks."Ithasbeendeliveredtodatemorethantwenty-fiv
2、ehundredtimesuponlyceumcourses,atchautauquas,teachers'institutes,clubgatherings,conventionsandbeforevariousotherkindsofaudiences.RalphParletteiskeptbusyyearafteryearlecturing,becausehislecturesdealwithuniversalhumanexperience."CanIgetthelectureinbookform?"Tha
3、tcontinuousquestionfromaudiencesbroughtoutthisbookinresponse.Hereistheoverflowofmanydeliveries."WhatiswrittenhereisnotthewayIwouldwriteit,wereIwritingabook,"saysRalphParlette."ItisthewayIsayit.Thelecturetookthisunconsciouscolloquialformbeforeaudiences.Anaudie
4、ncemakesalecture,ifthelecturesurvives.IwishIcouldshakethehandofeverypersonwhohassatinmyaudiences.AndIwishIcouldtellthelecturecommitteesofAmericahowIappreciatethevastamountofaltruisticworktheyhavedoneinbringingtheaudiencesofAmericatogether.Forlectureaudiencesa
5、renotdrawntogether,theyarepushedtogether."Thewarmreceptiongiven"TheUniversityofHardKnocks"bythepublic,hasencouragedthepublisherstoputmoreofMr.Parlette'slecturesintobookform,"BigBusiness"and"PocketsandParadises"arenowinpreparationasthis,thethirdeditionof"TheUn
6、iversityofHardKnocks"comesfromthepress.2TheUniversityofHardKnocksChapterITheBooksAreBumpsTHEgreatestschoolistheUniversityofHardKnocks.Itsbooksarebumps.Everybumpisalesson.Ifwelearnthelessonwithonebump,wedonotgetthatbumpagain.Wedonotneedit.Wehavetraveledpastit.
7、Theydonotwastethebumps.Wegetpromotedtothenextbump.Butifweare"naturallybright,"orthereissomethingelsethematterwithus,sothatwedonotlearnthelessonofthebumpwehavejustgotten,thenthatbumpmustcomebackandbumpusagain.Someofuslearntogoforwardwithafewbumps,butmostofusar
8、e"naturallybright"andhavetobepulverized.ThetuitionintheUniversityofHardKnocksisnotfree.Experienceisthedearestteacherintheworld.MostofusspendourlivesintheA-B-C'sofgettingstarted.Wematricul
