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约翰·D·洛克菲勒：洛克菲勒回忆录·补录 277
约翰·D·洛克菲勒《洛克菲勒回忆录》· Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · 领导
"You men," I said, "are always looking forward to do something for good causes. I know how very busy you are. You work in a treadmill from which you see no escape. I can easily understand that you feel that it is beyond your present power carefully to study the needs of humanity, and that you wait to give until you have considered many things and decided upon some course of action. Now, why not do with what you can give to others as you do with what you want to keep for yourself and your children: Put it into a Trust? You would not place a fortune for your children in the hands of an inexperienced person, no matter how good he might be. Let us be as careful with the money we would spend for the benefit of others as if we were laying it aside for our own family's future use. Directors carry on these affairs in your behalf. Let us erect a foundation, a Trust, and engage directors who will make it a life work to manage, with our personal coöperation, this business of benevolence properly and effectively. And I beg of you, attend to it _now_, don't wait."
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定位：Additional excerpt 277 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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洛克菲勒对富人们说：你们总想将来做善事，但忙得脱不开身，总想等考虑周全再捐。为什么不把要捐的钱像留给子孙的钱一样，交给一个信托来管理？你们不会把孩子的一大笔钱随便交给没经验的人，哪怕他心肠好。同样，用于行善的钱也该这样谨慎。成立一个基金会，请董事专职管理，我们亲自配合，把慈善当成事业来经营。而且我恳求你们，现在就做，别等。核心是：行善要专业化、制度化，并且立刻行动。
上下文
洛克菲勒在回忆录中记录他向一群富商游说建立慈善信托的演讲内容。
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你一直想做的善事，能不能今天就用一个具体机制（比如定期捐款或志愿服务）固定下来？
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