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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 145
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
Grant, when President, was accused of being pecuniarily benefited by certain appointments, or acts, of his administration, while his friends knew that he was so poor that he had been compelled to announce his intention of abandoning the customary state dinners, each one of which, he found, cost eight hundred dollars--a sum which he could not afford to pay out of his salary. The increase of the presidential salary from $25,000 to $50,000 a year enabled him, during his second term, to save a little, although he cared no more about money than about uniforms. At the end of his first term I know he had nothing. Yet I found, when in Europe, that the impression was widespread among the highest officials there that there was something in the charge that General Grant had benefited pecuniarily by appointments. We know in America how little weight to attach to these charges, but it would have been well for those who made them so recklessly to have considered what effect they would produce upon public opinion in other lands.
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定位：Additional excerpt 145 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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格兰特当总统时被指控通过任命谋私利，但朋友知道他穷得办不起国宴，每场要花八百美元，薪水不够。后来总统年薪翻倍，他才攒下一点钱。卡内基在欧洲发现高层也信这些指控，感叹不负责任的指控会损害美国形象。这说明：对公众人物的指控要慎重，因为会影响外界对整个国家的看法。
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卡内基自传中为格兰特总统辩护，反驳其谋私指控，并提及欧洲之行的见闻。
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