有所成就,是近代社会每个有信心的人都不肯放过的,但十九世纪中叶以前,人们虽然狂热地追求成功,但很少强调竞争。当时社会衡量成功与否,不是通过与他人的成就作比较,而是看自己行为是否符合自律和自我节制这种抽象理想。节制被人们视为美德,自我完善精神主宰人们的行为。但 What has been accomplished is that every confident person in modern society will not let it go. But before the mid-nineteenth century, although people were fanatically pursuing success, they seldom emphasized competition. At that time, the success of society was not measured by comparison with the achievements of others but by the abstract ideal of self-discipline and self-restraint. Temperance is regarded as a virtue, self-improvement spirit dominate people’s behavior. but