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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 128
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
To me it was especially pleasing that I seemed to be a welcome guest there. Musical parties, charades, and theatricals in which Miss Wilkins took the leading parts furnished me with another means of self-improvement. The Judge himself was the first man of historical note whom I had ever known. I shall never forget the impression it made upon me when in the course of conversation, wishing to illustrate a remark, he said: "President Jackson once said to me," or, "I told the Duke of Wellington so and so." The Judge in his earlier life (1834) had been Minister to Russia under Jackson, and in the same easy way spoke of his interview with the Czar. It seemed to me that I was touching history itself. The house was a new atmosphere, and my intercourse with the family was a powerful stimulant to the desire for improvement of my own mind and manners.
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卡内基说，在威尔金斯法官家做客让他特别开心。那里有音乐聚会、猜字游戏和戏剧演出，威尔金斯小姐常演主角，这些活动成了他自我提升的途径。法官是他认识的第一个历史名人，当法官随口说“杰克逊总统曾对我说”或“我告诉过威灵顿公爵”，他感觉像触摸到了历史。法官早年曾任驻俄公使，轻松谈起觐见沙皇，这让他觉得身临其境。这个家庭的新氛围强烈刺激了他提升心智和举止的愿望。
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卡内基年轻时在匹兹堡结识威尔金斯法官一家，这段交往激发了他对自我提升的渴望。
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