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本杰明·富兰克林《本杰明·富兰克林自传》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · 领导

While the several companies in the city and country were forming and learning their exercise, the governor prevail'd with me to take charge of our North-western frontier, which was infested by the enemy, and provide for the defense of the inhabitants by raising troops and building a line of forts. I undertook this military business, tho' I did not conceive myself well qualified for it. He gave me a commission with full powers, and a parcel of blank commissions for officers, to be given to whom I thought fit. I had but little difficulty in raising men, having soon five hundred and sixty under my command. My son, who had in the preceding war been an officer in the army rais'd against Canada, was my aid-de-camp, and of great use to me. The Indians had burned Gnadenhut, a village settled by the Moravians, and massacred the inhabitants; but the place was thought a good situation for one of the forts.

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定位:Additional excerpt 177 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

城里和乡下的连队正在组建训练时,总督说服富兰克林去负责西北边境防务:招募军队、修建一串堡垒,保护居民。他自认不太够格,还是接下这桩军事差事。总督给了他全权委任状和一叠空白军官委任状,让他看人填。招人倒不难,很快有五百六十人归他指挥。他儿子在上次对加拿大战争中当过军官,这次做副官,帮了大忙。印第安人烧了摩拉维亚人村庄并屠杀居民,但那里地势好,被选来建一座堡垒。核心是:被推上不熟悉的岗位,先接住,再靠可用的人和地形补足。

上下文

富兰克林自传,记1755年前后宾夕法尼亚西北边境遭印第安人袭击,他受命组织防务。

今日一问

如果明天被推上一个自认不够格的差事,你最先找谁帮忙?

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