理查德·詹姆斯(Richard James)出身于海军工程师，他的这个灵光一现的发明源于他的笨拙。

Naval engineer Richard James' flash of brilliance was spawned by clumsiness.

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他写的关于詹姆斯·瓦特、理查德·阿克赖特和约西亚·韦奇伍德的传记被奉为是指引工人们度过艰难生活的灯塔。

His biographies of James Watt, Richard Arkwright and Josiah Wedgwood were held up as beacons to guide the working man through his difficult life.

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小时候，奥巴马试图追寻自己的身份时，他读过马尔科姆的自传。马尔科姆的自传给奥巴马的影响甚至超过了理查德·怀特和詹姆斯·鲍德温的作品。

Yet, when Obama was young and trying to come to terms with his own identity, he read the autobiography and it affected him more deeply than even the works of Richard Wright and James Baldwin.

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