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Lenin gave way. Once, Lenin went downstairs. In the narrow aisle of the stairs, he met a female worker carrying a basin of water upstairs.

When the female worker saw that it was Lenin, she made way for Lenin and prepared to retreat. Lenin stopped her and said, "You don't have to be like this. You have walked half way with your things, and I am empty-handed now. Please go over first!" He said the word "please" very loudly and kindly.

Then he leaned against the wall and asked the female worker to go upstairs before he went downstairs. Lenin was undoubtedly a great man, but he was not rude because of his noble status, which further showed his great qualities.

Lincoln who "suffered the anger" Once, U.S. President Lincoln and his son Robert drove down the street and encountered a column of troops passing by on the street. Lincoln casually asked a passerby: "What is this?" Lincoln originally wanted to ask which state's regiment it was, but he did not make it clear.

The man thought he didn't know the army, so he replied rudely: "This is the Union army, you are such a big fucking fool." Faced with the rebuke of an ordinary passerby, Lincoln only said He said "thank you" without any anger.

Cheng Men Li Xue Song Dynasty scholars Yang Shi and You Zuo asked Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi for advice. Yang Shi and You Zuo originally had Cheng Hao as their teacher. After Cheng Hao passed away, they were both forty years old and had passed the Jinshi examination. However, they still had to go to Cheng Yi to continue their studies.

According to legend, one day Yang Shi and You Zuo came to the academy to meet Cheng Yi, but they met the old man with his eyes closed and sitting up, pretending to sleep. At this time, it started to snow outside, and Yang Shi and You Zuo met Cheng Yi. Cheng Yi was eager to learn and stood aside. After waiting for a long time, Cheng Yi slowly opened his eyes and was surprised to see the two standing outside. "Ah, you two haven't left yet?" At this time, there was already a snow outside. It's so thick.

Examples of well-educated celebrities

1. Lenin gave way

Once, Lenin went downstairs and met a female worker carrying a bag in the narrow aisle of the stairs. A basin of water upstairs. When the female worker saw that it was Lenin, she made way for him and prepared to retreat.

Lenin stopped her and said, "It doesn't have to be like this. You have walked half way with your things, and I am empty-handed now. Please go over first!" He said the word "please" very loudly and cordially. .

Then he leaned against the wall and asked the female worker to go upstairs before he went downstairs. Lenin was undoubtedly a great man, but he was not rude because of his noble status, which further showed his great qualities.

2. Taste the decoction personally

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng, the third son of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was born to Empress Dowager Bo. He became emperor in the eighth year of his reign (180 BC). He was known all over the world for his benevolence and filial piety, and he never slacked off in serving his mother. His mother had been ill for three years, and he often couldn't sleep and couldn't take off his clothes. The decoction my mother took.

After he tasted it himself, he felt comfortable letting his mother take it. During his 24 years in office, he emphasized moral governance, promoted etiquette, and paid attention to the development of agriculture, which stabilized the society of the Western Han Dynasty, prospered the population, and restored and developed the economy. His reign with Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was known as the "Government of Wen and Jing."

3. Biting one’s fingers hurts

During the Zhou Dynasty, there was a man named Zeng Shen who was a student of Confucius. This person is of high moral character and filial to his parents. Confucius believed that he could understand filial piety and often discussed issues about filial piety with him, leaving many remarks about filial piety for future generations.

Once, after lunch, he went to the mountains to chop wood, while his mother was alone at home. Not long after he arrived, several guests suddenly came to the house. At that time, there was nothing in the house to entertain the guests. The mother was anxious and didn't know what to do for a while.

"Hey, it would be great if Zeng Zi could come back and help me at this time." She thought this way, and was anxiously looking forward to the appearance of her son. But after waiting and waiting for a long time, my son was still nowhere to be seen.

In desperation, she suddenly thought of a way. She knew that the blood of mother and son was connected, so she bit one of her fingers with her teeth. Sure enough, Zengzi suddenly felt heartache in the mountains. He thought that something must have happened at home.

He hurriedly picked up firewood and went home. After returning home, Zengzi helped his mother entertain the guests before they left. After the guests left, Zengzi knelt in front of his mother and asked her to tell him why he was heartbroken when guests came to the house.

His mother explained to him: "Because after the guests came, there was nothing in the house to entertain the guests. I saw that you had not returned yet, so I bit my finger. I thought you would feel it and come back early." , to help entertain the guests."

4. Lincoln who "suffered his anger"

Once, U.S. President Lincoln and his son Robert drove down the street and encountered a column of troops passing by on the street. Lincoln casually asked a passerby: "What is this?" Lincoln originally wanted to ask which state's regiment it was, but he did not make it clear.

The man thought he didn't know the army, so he replied rudely: "This is the Union army, you are such a big fucking fool." Faced with the rebuke of an ordinary passerby, Lincoln only said He said "thank you" without any anger.

5. Cheng Menlixue

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a scholar named Yang Shi. Yang Shi is a very polite, humble and studious person. No matter what difficulties he encountered, he would find a way to understand the knowledge he wanted to gain.

No matter what the price, he was willing to learn.

When Yang Shi was forty years old, he and his good friend You Ye met together to seek advice from Cheng Yi, a famous university consultant at the time. When the two of them walked to Cheng Yi's house, Cheng Yi happened to be sleeping at home.

Yang Shi, who was very polite, suggested not to wake the teacher from his sleep, so the two of them stood quietly at the door, waiting for the teacher to wake up. After a while, heavy snow fell from the sky. The weather is getting very cold.

The snow is falling harder and harder, and the weather is getting colder, but the teacher is still sleeping. They are still waiting in the heavy snow. At this time, You Zuo couldn't bear the cold anymore. He tried to wake up Teacher Cheng several times, but Yang Shi stopped him.

The two of them persisted in the heavy snow, waiting for the teacher to wake up and explain the problem to them. When Teacher Cheng Yi woke up, he found two "snowmen" standing outside the door.

Examples of well-educated celebrities

1. The ambitions of Zuo Gong and Zeng Gong Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang were both important officials in the late Qing Dynasty. Both of them were very famous and had many court officials. They were both called "Zeng Zuo".

Zeng Guofan was older than Zuo Zongtang, and he once promoted Zuo Zongtang. But Zuo Zongtang was very conceited and never took Zeng Guofan seriously.

Once, Zuo Zongtang asked the attendants beside him very dissatisfied: "Why do people call him 'Zeng Zuo' and not 'Zuo Zeng'?" One of the attendants boldly said: "Mr. Zeng Zuo Gong is always in his eyes, but there is no Zeng Gong in Zuo Gong's eyes. "The attendant's words made Zuo Zongtang think deeply for a long time.

2. Buddhism taught Andy Lau how to be tolerant. Since the Yang Lijuan incident, everyone has seen how infatuated Andy Lau’s fans are. In fact, it is ultimately because of Andy Lau's character and his affection for everyone around him.

According to Andy Lau, since he came into contact with Buddhism seriously and was inspired by his master, the old monk Miao Lian, he has become more magnanimous in his behavior and dealings than before, and his outlook on life has also become open-minded and cheerful! Since I don’t have a deep understanding of Buddhist teachings, I cannot preach the Dharma. I can only practice it personally and do more charity. I remember that Master often taught his disciples: "Before you become a Buddha, you must first make connections with others.

Just use your compassion and say good words to help others do good deeds; when you see others doing good deeds, be happy and praise them, so that If the other person achieves success, he can cultivate a field of merit." Donating money or efforts to help the poor and helpless can create many good karma.

As an artist, you can use your identity as a medium to promote good deeds and persuade more people to give love and participate in charity activities. 3. The Story of Lu Xun When it comes to educating children, Mr. Lu Xun believes that to educate children well, you must first respect and understand them. "If you don't understand first and just do it blindly, it will hinder the development of your children."

Once, my husband hosted a banquet at home, and his son Haiying was at the table. When eating the fish balls, the guests all commented that they were fresh and delicious.

Wei Haiying said: "Mom, the fish balls are sour!" The mother, who thought the child was talking nonsense, scolded her, and the eldest child was unhappy. After Lu Xun heard this, he tasted the fish ball that Haiying had bitten. As expected, it was not very fresh. He said with emotion: "The child said it was not fresh. It is wrong for us to dismiss it without checking it. It seems that it is not fresh." We also have to respect what our children say!" 4. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was magnanimous. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, was a magnanimous emperor who longed for talents.

As soon as he came to the throne, he issued a very unusual edict for seeking talents, pointing out that regardless of a person's origin, as long as he has special talents, he can be made a general or prime minister. He kept his word and hired many talents from lower-class backgrounds.

Once, the seventeen-year-old Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went on a visit incognito with his entourage and came to a place called Baigu. At night, they stayed in an inn.

Seeing that they were young and acting cunningly, the shop owner thought they were a group of thieves. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was thirsty and wanted to ask for some water.

The shop owner raised his head and said angrily: "I don't have water here, only urine!" After saying that, he sneaked out of the shop, planning to summon nearby people to attack this group of suspicious tourists. The shop owner’s wife was a shrewd woman. She guessed her husband’s scheme and quickly followed her out, persuading her: “I don’t think they look like thieves, but the leader looks like a nobleman.

You must not act rashly and hurt a good person." The shop owner hesitated, and his wife took the opportunity to pull him back into the house and persuaded him to drink.

After a while, the shop owner was drunk. So, the hostess killed chickens and sheep, laid out a banquet and entertained the guests.

Early the next morning, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty knew what had happened. After returning to the palace, he immediately summoned the innkeeper and his wife, first gave the hostess a thousand taels of gold, and then turned his attention to the male host.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the hall became tense, and people thought that the male host would definitely be punished. Unexpectedly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not only did not convict him, but instead praised him as a strong man who hates evil as much as he hates enemies, and worshiped him as Yulin Lang on the spot.

After this incident came out, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gained even more prestige. 5. Xia Yan Xia Yan, a famous Chinese literary, film, and drama writer, literary critic, translator, and social activist, felt very uncomfortable before his death.

The secretary said: "I'll call the doctor.

Just as the secretary was opening the door and about to leave, Xia Yan suddenly opened his eyes and corrected the secretary's mistake with difficulty: "I'm not calling the doctor, I'm going to ask the doctor." ”

Then he passed out and never woke up.

Examples of celebrities with spiritual qualities

Examples of celebrities with spiritual qualities

Nan Huaijin: The realm of the soul determines the success or failure of a person's life

Throughout the ages, people have usually used official titles and talents to measure the grade of men, and the appearance and temperament of women to evaluate the grade of women, but few people have considered the soul. The heart has a grade. And its grade determines the success or failure of a person's life. When it comes to realm, it is the highest realm of love, the highest realm of service, the new realm of fashion, and the highest realm of driving skills. . We are all pursuing a state unconsciously. However, the spiritual state is the most important in life!

The highest state of the mind is awe.

Just like faith. And religion, that piety is unshakable regardless of wind and waves. Businessmen value integrity, friends value sincerity, and lovers value sincerity. Why is this the case? Due to the deterioration of the world, these basic things have to be talked about, and they are lacking. So ask for it.

If everyone has an instinctive respect for rules, regulations, and ethics, and is trustworthy in business, fair in work, reasonable in groups, and loyal in love, this world will be a better place. How beautiful.

Examples of self-cultivation

Premier Zhou has many short stories in this regard. Master Zhu once gave Premier Zhou a haircut for more than 20 years. While shaving, Premier Zhou coughed and got a small cut on his face. Master Zhu felt deeply uneasy and comforted him, saying, "I can't blame you. I blame you for not saying hello to me when I coughed. Fortunately, you dodged the knife quickly." Miles! "Master Zhu was deeply moved after listening to the Prime Minister's words.

It can be seen that elegant, kind and tolerant language not only communicates people's hearts, but also reflects a person's thoughts, sentiments and cultural accomplishment. Cheng Menlixue In the Song Dynasty, there was a man named Yang Shi who was a student of the Neo-Confucianist Cheng Yi. When he was in his 40s, he went to Luoyang to meet Cheng Yi. When he and another classmate came to Cheng Yi's house, it snowed heavily, and Cheng Yi was there. After taking a nap, they stood outside the door and waited quietly until Cheng Yi woke up. At this time, the snow had fallen more than a foot deep. This is the story of "Cheng Men Li Xue" that has been passed down to this day. In the late Han Dynasty, when the Yellow Turban Incident broke out, The world was in chaos, Cao Cao took control of the court, Sun Quan supported Dongwu, and Liu Bei, the shepherd of the Han clan in Yuzhou, listened to Xu Shu (a native of Yuzhouzhou during the Three Kingdoms and a famous counselor) and Sima Hui (a native of Yangzhai in Yuzhou during the Three Kingdoms and a famous counselor) He said that Zhuge Liang was very knowledgeable and talented, so he, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei went to Wolonggang, Longzhong (now Xiangyang County, Hubei Province) with gifts to ask Zhuge Liang to come out and help him do things for the country.

It happened that Zhuge Liang was here. The sky went out, and Liu Bei had to turn back in disappointment. Soon, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei went out to invite him for a second time despite the heavy snowfall.

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang went out for a leisurely trip again. Later, when he saw that Zhuge Liang was not at home, he urged him to go back.

Liu Bei had to leave a letter expressing his admiration for Zhuge Liang and asking him to come out to help him save the country's dangerous situation. At that time, Liu Bei had been on a vegetarian diet for three days and was preparing to invite Zhuge Liang again.

Guan Yu said that Zhuge Liang might have a false name but may not have real talent and knowledge, so there was no need to go, but Zhang Fei insisted that he should go. Call him, but if he doesn't come, he will be tied up with a rope.

Liu Bei scolded Zhang Fei and visited Zhuge Liang for the third time. When they arrived, Zhuge Liang was sleeping.

Liu Bei did not dare to disturb him, so he stood there until Zhuge Liang woke up and then sat down to talk. When Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei was determined to do things for the country and sincerely asked for his help, he came out to help Liu Bei establish the Shu Han. Dynasty.

Examples of celebrity qualities

Human beings have a tyrant, and that is ignorance. The son of wisdom makes his father happy, and the son of ignorance brings shame to his mother. < /p>

-------Solomon only sees the faults of others and does not know his own faults, which is the nature of ignorance. ——Cicero In ancient Rome, ignorance is more terrible than wealth. People said: "Ignorance is more terrible than poverty." Horrible. "Isn't ignorance terrible when you are rich? Countless facts have proved that ignorance is more terrible than being rich. When a person is poor, in order to get rid of poverty, he can be determined and determined, and he can endure and bear any pain and tiredness. Wang Bo said in the book: "Poverty makes you strong, and your ambition will not fall into the mountains." This is the so-called "people who are poor but have ambitions are not poor." Therefore, people often say that poverty is not terrible, but ignorance is terrible.

< p> Ignorant people often have "a heart as high as the sky and a life as thin as paper." In the end, they will inevitably be swallowed up by ignorance and poverty. Even if they become rich for a while, they may not be able to escape this fate.

After the reform and opening up, some poor people did become rich. What happens after you become rich? My knowledge is relatively narrow, and I don’t have many opportunities to meet this kind of rich people. However, I can always get a glimpse of it from other people’s mouths, from TV, newspapers, the Internet, and from observation of various phenomena in society.

Currently, there is a popular saying in society called "If you have too much fun, you will die." I have never seen it dead or not, but it seems true that some people "have fun" there every day.

What addiction do you have? It is said that there is an addiction to eating and drinking (having a banquet), gambling (spending money), prostitution (overt and covert), having fun (going to karaoke bars and nightclubs), and in some cases, drug addiction (smoking opium, heroin)... and so on. , deeply indulged in the "pleasure" of feasting, feasting, and extravagance. I don't think it's wrong, but I think that's how wealth should be.

Not only that, they also engage in feudal superstitious activities such as raising dogs, repairing tombs, building temples, burning incense, worshiping Buddha, doing divination, fortune telling... There is a saying: "The south spends a lot of money to buy cemeteries, while the north works hard to choose wreaths."

It is said that Wenzhou City, which has only seven mountains, one water and two fields, builds more than 30,000 graves every year. He is famous for his exquisite and novel tombs.

Dog breeding is a problem in many cities. It is said that the price of a so-called "Shih Tzu" dog ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan. There was a lady (let’s not mention her profession) who kept a dog and fed it meat. One day when the owner was out, the dog got hungry and bit the owner’s own son to death... These behaviors and phenomena are all Those who are rich do it, so does it show intelligence and civilization, or is it stupidity, ignorance, and unreachable stupidity? An overseas Chinese came back and was shocked to see similar phenomena.

He said: "Many patriotic overseas Chinese intend to fund the economic construction of the motherland and benefit the elders in their hometown, but they feel sad about this." Yes, on the one hand, it is a selfless donation, but on the other hand, it is absurd and extravagant. How can Not shocking? If things go on like this, it will be like what this overseas Chinese said: "If a person is squandering, extravagant and corrupt, no matter how big his property is or how deep his foundation is, sooner or later he will be ruined in his hands..." In fact, even now In life, there are probably many examples of people who are materially wealthy but yet remain in a state of ignorance.

For example, parents who have become rich give their disease-free and healthy children medicines such as "Ginseng Royal Jelly" and "Xiao Congcong Mother's Jelly" for no reason, turning an innocent child into a child. Children turn into precocious little adults; some people squander everything, regardless of the ecological environment, hunting rare birds and animals indiscriminately, and then exchange them for banknotes to make a fortune, or put them on the dining table for gourmets to feast on. After they chew it with relish, they will never say "shouldn't", etc. For these people, doesn't "rich" become scary? Why is it terrible? Caused by ignorance.

Therefore, ignorance is more terrifying than wealth! So I thought, while curing poverty is important, curing stupidity is even more urgent. It seems that trying every possible means to strengthen the construction of spiritual civilization and strive to improve people's quality is indeed an arduous, glorious, long-term and urgent task! The ignorant and dark martyr of medieval science---Giordano Bruno (1548~1600 AD) was born in the town of Nola near Naples, Italy.

Probably he lost his parents when he was young, or he came from a poor family and was raised by priests. This poor boy was eager to learn since childhood, and became a monk in a Dominican monastery when he was 15 years old.

Thanks to tenacious self-study, he finally became a knowledgeable scholar in the contemporary era. This diligent, studious, bold and brave young man immediately aroused his fiery enthusiasm when he came into contact with Copernicus's "On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres".

From then on, he abandoned religious ideas, only recognized scientific truth, and fought for it throughout his life. Bruno believed in Copernicanism, so he became a religious rebel. He was accused of being a heretic and excommunicated.

In 1576 AD, Bruno, who was only 28 years old, had to escape from the monastery and drifted abroad for a long time in Switzerland, France, Britain and Germany. He was at home in Geneva, Toulouse, Paris, Lived in London, Wittenberg and many other cities. Despite this, Bruno remained unswervingly promoting scientific truth.

He gave lectures and wrote articles everywhere, and often attended debates in some universities. He used his pen and tongue to actively praise the Copernican theory without fear and mercilessly attacked the obsolete official scholastic philosophy. dogma. Bruno's major was neither astronomy nor mathematics, but he greatly enriched and developed the Copernican theory with superhuman foresight.

In his book "On Infinity, the Universe and the World", he proposed the idea of ??an infinite universe. He believed that the universe is unified, material, infinite and eternal. There are countless celestial worlds beyond the solar system.

What humans see is only an extremely small part of the infinite universe, and the earth is just a small speck of dust in the infinite universe. Bruno further pointed out that thousands of stars are huge and hot stars like the sun, and these stars are rushing in all directions at huge speeds.

There are also many planets like our earth around them, and there are many satellites around the planets. Life exists not only on our earth, but also on distant planets that people cannot see...

With a brave blow, Bruno smashed the "ball shell" that had restricted people's thinking for thousands of years. Bruno's outstanding ideas made his contemporaries feel confused and shocked! Most people think that Bruno's ideas are simply "appalling".

Even that era was respected as ".

A short story of celebrity cultivation

Ouyang Xiu studied hard

When Mr. Ouyang Xiu was four years old His father passed away and his family was poor and had no money for him to study.

The wife used reed stalks to draw pictures on the sand and taught him to write. He also taught him to recite many passages from ancient times. When he got older and there were no books to read at home, he would go to nearby scholars' homes to borrow books and read them, and sometimes copy them. In this way, I worked day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, just studying. From his childhood poems and poems, his writing has reached an adult level, which is so high.

Fan Zhongyan poured water on his face

When Fan Zhongyan was two years old, his father died. My mother was very poor and had no support. So he remarried to the Zhu family in Changshan. (Fan Zhongyan) When he grew up, he learned about his own life, bid farewell to his mother with tears in his eyes, and left to study at Nandu Academy in Yingtian Mansion. (He) studied hard during the day and late at night. In five years, I never took off my clothes and went to bed. Sometimes I feel drowsy at night and often pour water on my face. (Fan Zhongyan) I often study hard during the day and eat nothing until the sun turns west. In this way, he understood the main purpose of the Six Classics, and later set up his ambition to benefit the world. He often preached by himself: "Be anxious when the world is worried first, and be happy when the world is happy later."

Song Lian went to school in clothes

In the Yuan Dynasty of China, there was a man named Song Lian. He loved reading. Because his family was poor, he had to borrow books to read. As he read more and more books, Song Lian felt more and more in need of a teacher's guidance, so he pawned his clothes, went to the city after all the hard work, and was admitted to the school. Unexpectedly, he failed to study. The official had a weird temper, but Song Lian went through many twists and turns, and finally learned hard and became a talented person.

Lu Xun sold medals

When Lu Xun was studying at the Jiangnan Naval Academy in Nanjing, the school awarded him a gold medal because of his excellent test scores. He did not wear the medal as a certificate to show off himself. Instead, he sold it on Gulou Street and bought back a few beloved books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever he was reading and reading, when it was late at night and the weather was cold and he felt sleepy, he would pick off a chili pepper, break it into several pieces, put it in his mouth and chew it until his forehead sweated, his eyes shed tears, and his mouth "sighed". , the whole body felt warm, and the sleepiness disappeared, so he picked up the book and studied again

Huang Kan mistakenly took ink as a side dish

In 1915, the famous scholar Huang Kan gave a lecture on Chinese studies at Peking University. He lived in the Datong Apartment in Baimiao Hutong, Beijing, and devoted himself to studying "Chinese Studies" all day long. Sometimes he would not go out to eat. He prepared steamed buns, chili, soy sauce and other condiments and placed them on his desk. When he was hungry, he would nibble on the steamed buns and read while eating. I stopped eating, and when I saw the wonderful thing, I shouted: "It's wonderful!" Once, I was fascinated by reading, and I actually put the steamed bun into the ink stone and the cinnabar box. When a friend comes to visit and laughs loudly, he still doesn’t know why he is laughing at him?

Cao Yu was really studying and pretending to take a bath

During the Anti-Japanese War, Cao Yu taught full-time national drama in Jiang'an, Sichuan. One summer, Cao Yu's family prepared a bathtub and hot water and asked him to take a bath. At this time, Cao Yu was reading a book and couldn't put it down. He pushed it again and again. Finally, under repeated urging from his family, he took a towel in one hand and another Take the book and walk into the inner room. An hour passed, but no one came out. The sound of water could be heard from time to time in the room. Another hour passed, and the situation remained the same. Cao Yu's family members were suddenly confused. When they opened the door and took a look, they found that Cao Yu was sitting in the bathtub, reading a book in one hand and patting the water intentionally or unintentionally with a towel in the other hand.

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930), British writer.

D.H. Lawrence's father, Arthur Lawrence, was a miner. His education was only enough for him to read newspapers with difficulty, and his typical lifestyle was: in front of the rolling fire, while Grilling breakfast bacon, catching the fat drippings from the bacon with bread, and reading the day's newspaper intermittently.

Benjamin Franklin (1706.1-1790.4) was a bourgeois democratic thinker during the American Revolution, an outstanding political activist, and an outstanding scientist. He is the most famous figure in the United States in the eighteenth century after Washington.

In 1723, when Franklin was 17 years old, he left the family due to disagreements with his brother and came to Philadelphia alone to make a living. Here, he started as a printing worker, then owned his own printing workshop and ran his own newspaper. He went through a difficult road to make a living, and finally gained people's recognition and became a highly respected and outstanding scientist, thinker and political activist.