lettersfromanamericanfarmerletteriii:美国农民信第三封信

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Letters from an American Farmer: Letter III - What Is an American?

J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

…Here he sees the industry of his native country displayed in a new manner, and traces in their works the

embryos of all the arts, sciences, and ingenuity which nourish in Europe. Here he beholds fair cities,

substantial villages, extensive fields, an immense country filled with decent houses, good roads, orchards,

meadows, and bridges, where an hundred years ago all was wild, woody, and uncultivated! …It is not

composed, as in Europe, of great lords who possess everything, and of a herd of people who have nothing.

Here are no aristocratical families, no courts, no kings, no bishops, no ecclesiastical dominion, no invisible

power giving to a few a very visible one; no great manufacturers employing thousands, no great refinements of

luxury. The rich and the poor are not so far removed from each other as they are in Europe. Some few towns

excepted, we are all tillers of the earth, from Nova Scotia to West Florida. We are a people of cultivators,

scattered over an immense territory, communicating with each other by means of good roads and navigable

rivers, united by the silken bands of mild government, all respecting the laws, without dreading their power,

because they are equitable. We are all animated with the spirit of an industry which is unfettered and

unrestrained, because each person works for himself…Lawyer or merchant are the fairest titles our towns

afford; that of a farmer is the only appellation of the rural inhabitants of our country… We have no princes, for

whom we toil, starve, and bleed: we are the most perfect society now existing in the world. Here man is free as

he ought to be; nor is this pleasing equality so transitory as many others are…

The next wish of this traveller will be to know whence came all these people? They are a mixture of English,

Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed, that race now called

Americans have arisen…urged by a variety of motives, here they came. Every thing has tended to regenerate

them; new laws, a new mode of living, a new social system; here they are become men: in Europe they were

as so many useless plants, wanting vegetative mould, and refreshing showers; they withered, and were mowed

down by want, hunger, and war; but now by the power of transplantation, like all other plants they have taken

root and flourished!..

What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or the descendant of an European, hence

that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose

grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose

present four sons have now four wives of different nations. He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his

ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new

government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap

of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labours and

posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Americans are the western pilgrims, who are carrying

along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigour, and industry which began long since in the east; they

will finish the great circle. The Americans were once scattered all over Europe; here they are incorporated into

one of the finest systems of population which has ever appeared, and which will hereafter become distinct by

the power of the different climates they inhabit. The American ought therefore to love this country much better

than that wherein either he or his forefathers were born. Here the rewards of his industry follow with equal

steps the progress of his labour; his labour is founded on the basis of nature, SELF-INTEREST: can it want a

stronger allurement? Wives and children, who before in vain demanded of him a morsel of bread, now, fat and

frolicsome, gladly help their father to clear those fields whence exuberant crops are to arise to feed and to

clothe them all; without any part being claimed, either by a despotic prince, a rich abbot, or a mighty lord.

Here religion demands but little of him; a small voluntary salary to the minister, and gratitude to God; can he

refuse these? The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new

ideas, and form new opinions. From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, penury, and useless labour, he

has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence.--This is an American.

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XXXX annual work summary

Dear every leader, colleagues:

Look back end of XXXX, XXXX years of work, have the joy of success in your work, have a

collaboration with colleagues, working hard,

also have disappointed when encountered difficulties

and setbacks. Imperceptible in tense and orderly to be over a year, a year, under the loving care

and guidance of the leadership of the company, under the support and help of colleagues, through

their own efforts, various aspects have made certain progress, better

to complete the job. For

better work, sum up experience and lessons, will now work a brief summary.

To continuously strengthen learning, improve their comprehensive quality. With good

comprehensive quality is the precondition of completes the labor of duty and conditions. A year

always put learning in the important position, trying

to improve their comprehensive quality.

Continuous learning professional skills, learn from surrounding colleagues with rich work

experience, equip themselves with knowledge, the expanded aspect of knowledge, efforts to

improve their comprehensive quality.

The second Do best, strictly perform their responsibilities. Set up the company, to maximize

the customer to the

satisfaction of the company's products, do a good job in technical services and

product promotion to the company. And collected on the properties of the products of the

company, in order to make improvement in time, make the products better meet the using demand

of the scene.

Three to learn to

be good at communication, coordinating assistance. On‐site technical service

personnel should not only have strong professional technology, should also have good

communication ability, a lot of a product due to improper operation to appear problem, but often

not customers reflect the quality of no, so this time we need

to find out the crux, and customer

communication, standardized operation, to avoid customer's mistrust of the products and even

the damage of the company's image. Some experiences in the past work, mentality is very

important in the work, work to have passion, keep the smile of sunshine, can close the distance

between people, easy to communicate with the customer. Do better in the daily work to

communicate with customers and achieve customer satisfaction, excellent technical service every

time, on behalf of the customer on our products much a understanding and trust.

Fourth, we need to continue to learn professional knowledge, do

practical grasp skilled

operation. Over the past year, through continuous learning and fumble, studied the gas generation,

collection and methods, gradually familiar with and master the company introduced the working

principle, operation method of gas machine. With the help of the department leaders and

colleagues, familiar with and master the launch

of the division principle, debugging method of the

control system, and to wuhan Chen Guchong garbage power plant of gas machine control system

transformation, learn to debug, accumulated some experience. All in all, over the past year, did

some work, have also made some achievements, but the results can only

represent the past, there

are some problems to work, can't meet the higher requirements. In the future work, I must develop

the oneself advantage, lack of correct, foster strengths and circumvent weaknesses, for greater

achievements. Looking forward to XXXX years of work, I'll be more efforts, constant progress in

their jobs,

make greater achievements. Every year I have progress, the growth of believe will get

greater returns, I will my biggest contribution to the development of the company, believe in

yourself do better next year!

I wish you all work study progress in the year to come.

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