1883, 16-year-old Polish girl Maria, later Madame Curie, went to a noble family as a tutor, and she planned to earn some money to go to college. Two years later, casimir, the eldest son of this family, fell in love with Maria, who just turned 19, and they planned to get married. Of course, it is impossible to go to college. However, due to their different family backgrounds, their marriage was firmly opposed by casimir's parents, and casimir, who was weak-willed, gave in to his parents.
Maria was miserable and prepared to "bid farewell to the world", but she finally restrained herself with tenacious will. As a result, she turned her personal misfortune into a driving force to devote herself to greater goals, and became an education to cultivate the kindness of poor local children and the courage to go to Paris to study alone. People think this is a lucky lovelorn. Otherwise, her history will be rewritten and mankind will lose one of the greatest female scientists to date.
Poverty makes a writer.
Zola was poor when she was young. In order to resist hunger, he used a sparrow catcher to catch sparrows on the roof, hung curtains with wire to string sparrows and baked them on the fire. In order to insist on writing, he only sent a few clothes to the pawnshop and could only use the quilt to keep out the cold. If he gets a candle once in a while, he will be as happy as a holiday, because he can read and write tonight. It was poverty that sharpened his will, and he finally wrote the sensational Lu Gong magal Family.
3. Patents-Robet Hutchings Goddard
Robert hutchings goddard (1882 101October 5-1945 August10) is an American professor, engineer, inventor and inventor of liquid rocket. He launched the world's first liquid rocket on March 1926. Goddard obtained a total of 265,438+04 patents, of which 83 were obtained before his death.
The Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA, founded in 1959, was named after him. Goddard crater on the moon is also named after him.
4. Suffering is wealth
Tsiolkovsky, the "father of the universe" of the Soviet Union, was deaf due to scarlet fever when he was a teenager and was expelled from school. But he taught himself by the library and showed amazing mathematical ability. Heine, a German poet, spent the last eight years of his life in a "paved grave". He can't move his hands and feet, and his eyes are half blind, but the fire of life has not been extinguished. He sang a large number of excellent poems that are world-renowned.
5. Facing failure and poverty
Jack London was born in a poor family, but he was ambitious, designed a great future for himself, became a great writer, and transformed society with a pen. In order to become a writer, he made up lessons in middle school for one year, and then he was admitted to the University of California. But because of the difficulty in paying tuition, he dropped out of school after studying for half a year.
Dropping out of school didn't shake his determination to become a writer. He changed his mind, took the society as a learning classroom and studied harder. The works of Darwin, Marx and Nietzsche taught him to think. Shakespeare, Goethe, Balzac and other works taught him to write. He began to write a manuscript, but he was rejected again and again. But he was not discouraged.
If life is difficult, you can live by pawning and squeeze time to write. Write at night if there is not enough time during the day; Take notes, index and copy cards diligently. Finally, I published my first novel "To the Hunter" on 1890. Later, he became a great writer with many masterpieces.
6. Rejuvenate and create brilliance
Iacocca is a superstar in the American automobile industry. His famous promotion skills in the automobile industry have created tens of billions of dollars for Ford. However,1July 3, 978, Iacocca was fired by a jealous boss without any preparation. The boss drove him to a small room in a warehouse, which was politely given to Iacocca's office before he found a new job.
In the face of great humiliation, Iacocca was not depressed. After being fired and humiliated, Iacocca accepted the position of president of Chrysler Automobile Company on the verge of bankruptcy. With his excellent management skills, he gave Chrysler a new life. Just 1984, he earned a profit of $2.4 billion for the company, more than the total profit of the company in the previous 60 years! With indomitable spirit, extraordinary intelligence and brilliant achievements, Iacocca became a hero in the eyes of Americans.
7. Trapped in prison.
Nicolo Paganini, an Italian violinist and composer, is known as "a violinist trained in piano solo". His artistic path is bumpy. He was born in a small businessman's family. It is said that he has been in prison for 20 years for political crimes. But even in prison, he never lost heart, but insisted on studying in prison.
At the window of the prison, he practiced hard with a violin with only one string left. After decades, he finally reached a superb position in playing skills. His creation and performance are unrestrained and full of passion, which has a great influence on contemporary romantic composers.
8. Helen Keller-the pride of the disabled
Helen Keller, an American blind and deaf woman writer and educator, lost her sight and hearing because of illness at the age of one and a half, which is unimaginable and unbearable pain for ordinary people. However, Helen didn't give in to fate. With the teacher's education and help, she overcame the disease with strong perseverance, learned to speak, "obeyed" her fingers and mastered five languages.
At the age of 24, she graduated with honors from the famous Radcliffe Women's College of Harvard University. After that, she devoted her life to the welfare of the blind and deaf people in the world, and was praised and commended by many governments and people. From 65438 to 0959, the United Nations launched the "Helen Keller" movement. Her autobiographical work "The Story of My Life" has become a classic of English literature, translated into many languages and widely circulated.
9. Bodie winked and wrote.
Bodie is a French journalist. After the heart attack, he was quadriplegic, and only his left eye could move. But he was determined to write diving suits and butterflies, which were written with his heart, so he asked Mendibao, a recording artist, for help and spent six hours recording every day. The communication between them can only be completed by the blink of the left eye.
Every time, Mendibao reads the common French letters in sequence. Bodie flashes once for correct letters, flashes twice for errors, and then spells words. This unimaginable "writing" was finally miraculously completed in a few months. This 150 page book has been published and is well received by people.
10, the golden mean of red top merchants
Hu Xueyan survived and developed in the cracks with his superb wit. In the gap between officialdom and western economy, between left and Li Hongzhang, he kicked out one world after another. Hu Xueyan's successful official career is the result of being familiar with, observing and using hidden rules. Unfortunately, this crack finally destroyed him, and Zuo's death made him a victim of official struggle. From abject poverty to wealth and back to penniless, Hu Xueyan completed the cycle of his life.
1 1, Qu Yuan died for his country.
Qu Yuan experienced three periods in his life: Chu Weiwang, Chu Huaiwang and King Xiang of Qing Dynasty, and his main activities were in the period of Chu Huaiwang. This period is the eve of China's imminent reunification, and "the emperor of Qin is horizontal and the king of Chu is vertical". Qu Yuan was born in a noble family and was good at dealing with chaos and rhetoric. In his early years, he won the favor of Chu Huaiwang, who was Zuo Tu and the doctor.
In order to realize the great cause of Chu's reunification, Qu Yuan actively assisted in the reform to strengthen the country, and insisted on uniting Qi with foreign countries to resist Qin, which once made Chu rich and strong. However, in internal affairs and diplomacy, there was a sharp contradiction between Qu Yuan and the decadent aristocratic group in Chu State. Because of the jealousy of Shangguan doctor and others, Qu Yuan was later framed by a clique and alienated by Chu Huaiwang. He was exiled to Jiangnan and moved between Yuan and Xiang.
In the twenty-first year of King Xiang of Qing Dynasty (278 BC), General Qin attacked the capital of Ying, and Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River in anger and died.
12, Yue Fei's "Dedicated to the Country"
Yue Fei was drafted into the army and was constantly promoted because of his numerous exploits. Song Gaozong personally inscribed the word "loyal Yue Fei", made a flag and gave it to him. He also called him to the bedroom and said to him, "All the important things of ZTE are entrusted to you." When the Jin army attacked Duke Zhou and Bozhou, Liu Kun was in a hurry to go to court. Song Gaozong ordered Yue Fei to reinforce quickly, and said in a personal letter to Yue Fei: "As soon as the facilities are entrusted to you, I will not be far away." Yue Fei then dispatched troops to fight separately and led his own light cavalry stationed in Yancheng. The soldiers were full of momentum.
However, later he decided to make peace with Jin and pay tribute to Jin. Just as Yue Fei was actively preparing to cross the river to recover lost territory, Emperor Gaozong and Qin Gui repeatedly issued 12 golden letters to dispatch troops and ordered Yue Fei to retreat. Later, he was poisoned to Lin 'an Pavilion on the charge of "unwarranted" at the age of 39.
13, Xin Qiji is concerned about the country and the people.
Xin Qiji once wrote ten papers about Meiqin for Song Xiaozong. The first three parts of the paper analyze in detail the resentment of the northern people towards the Jurchen rulers and the sharp contradictions within the Jurchen ruling group. The last seven articles put forward some concrete plans on how to enrich the national strength, actively prepare and complete the cause of reunifying China in time in the Southern Song Dynasty. However, at that time, Song Hejin only decided that the court did not adopt his suggestion.
14, Soong Ching Ling's insistence
Soong Ching Ling followed Sun Yat-sen from 19 13 and devoted himself to the revolutionary cause in China, seeking the independent liberation of the Chinese nation.
In the long years of nearly 70 years, after the national defense movement (19 17), the national revolution (1924- 1927) and the ten-year opposition between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party (1927-1933). She unswervingly adhered to Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary thought, stood firmly with the people of China, worked hard for the prosperity of the motherland and the happiness of people's lives, and was brave and fearless, writing a glorious chapter in the modern history of China.
Soong Ching Ling is therefore regarded as one of the greatest women in the 20th century.
15, Yan Fu's troubles
19 12 years, Yan Fu became the president of Peking University. At this time, Yan Fu's comparative view of Chinese and western cultures tends to mature, and he begins to enter the stage of self-reflection and tends to return to traditional culture. Out of this concern for the future and destiny of the Chinese nation, Yan Fu once tried to combine the liberal arts and Confucian classics of Peking University into one, which was completely used to cure the old learning. This behavior was kind at that time.
16, the ideal of Zhang Boling
Zhang Boling, the founder of Nankai Middle School, was admitted to Beiyang Naval Academy with excellent results at the age of 16 and learned to drive. After graduation, he participated in the Sino-Japanese War, but the warship was sunk as soon as it went out to sea, which touched him a lot. 1899, Britain leased the military port of Ahava, China, and Zhang Boling saw it with his own eyes. The Qing flag raised in the port on the first day was lowered the next day. Strong patriotism prompted him to resolutely quit the navy and return to Tianjin to organize the school.
He ran around and raised funds in many ways, and finally opened Nankai School in 1907. Zhang Boling devoted his life to teaching and trained a large number of talents for the country.
17, Yu Youren's dying poems
Yu Youren, a veteran of the Kuomintang, wrote a poem "Looking at the Mainland" before his death: "Bury me in the mountains and look at my hometown; Hometown is intangible and can never be forgotten. Bury me in the mountains and see my continent; The mainland is invisible, only crying. The sky is gray and wild; Shan Ye, national mourning! " This poem was published in 1964 and immediately touched the hearts of countless people in China.
18, Li Zongren's national feelings
1955, Li Zongren openly opposed "the trusteeship of Taiwan Province province" and "the independence of Taiwan Province province" in the United States, and advocated that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party should hold peace talks again, and China people should solve China's problems themselves.
1in July, 965, under the personal arrangement of Premier Zhou Enlai, Li Zongren broke through the interference of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, got rid of the assassination of the Kuomintang secret service and resolutely returned to the motherland. He declared: "I hope to follow our people to participate in socialist construction, and I will contribute to all patriotic and anti-imperialist undertakings."
He also hoped that the Kuomintang people who stayed in Taiwan Province Province would resolutely return to the embrace of the motherland and make contributions to the ultimate reunification of the country.
19, Chopin's last wish
1830165438+1October, Ferrer Derek Chopin (Polish composer and pianist) decided to go abroad for further study and win glory for his motherland. Before leaving, his friends held a farewell party for him. With gratitude, Chopin accepted a silver cup full of motherland soil presented by a friend, saying that he would never forget his lovely motherland.
Chopin traveled to Vienna, London, Paris and other places. Through his own artistic activities, he promoted the sympathy and understanding of the people in western Europe to the Polish people who were suffering at that time. However, in his wandering life, he became seriously ill. 1in the autumn of 849, Chopin told his sister who came from Warsaw on his deathbed that the reactionary Polish government was not allowed to transport his body back to Warsaw, and he asked for at least his heart back.
Chopin's heart was sent to Warsaw according to his last wish and buried in the motherland where he grew up.
20. Hua is determined to return to China. Hua, a famous mathematician, was highly valued by academic circles in America in his early years. Someone wanted to sign a contract with him, leave him in the United States and give him generous treatment, but when he learned the news of the establishment of New China, he immediately decided to return to China. When passing through Hong Kong, he published an open letter to students studying in the United States, enthusiastically appealing to them: "For the sake of the country and the nation, we should go back!"
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