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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 162
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
The Keystone Bridge Works have always been a source of satisfaction to me. Almost every concern that had undertaken to erect iron bridges in America had failed. Many of the structures themselves had fallen and some of the worst railway disasters in America had been caused in that way. Some of the bridges had given way under wind pressure but nothing has ever happened to a Keystone bridge, and some of them have stood where the wind was not tempered. There has been no luck about it. We used only the best material and enough of it, making our own iron and later our own steel. We were our own severest inspectors, and would build a safe structure or none at all. When asked to build a bridge which we knew to be of insufficient strength or of unscientific design, we resolutely declined. Any piece of work bearing the stamp of the Keystone Bridge Works (and there are few States in the Union where such are not to be found) we were prepared to underwrite. We were as proud of our bridges as Carlyle was of the bridge his father built across the Annan. "An honest brig," as the great son rightly said.
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定位：Additional excerpt 162 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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卡内基说，基斯通桥梁厂一直让他感到自豪。当时美国几乎所有造铁桥的公司都失败了，不少桥塌了，还引发过严重的铁路事故；有的桥被风吹垮。但基斯通造的桥从没出过事，有些还立在风特别大的地方。这不是运气。他们只用最好的材料，而且用料足，自己炼铁、后来自己炼钢；他们对自己检查最严，宁可一座桥不造，也不造不安全的桥。如果客户要求造强度不够或设计不科学的桥，他们会坚决拒绝。凡是盖了基斯通印章的工程，他们都敢担保。他们像卡莱尔为父亲建的桥自豪那样，为自家的桥自豪。
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安德鲁·卡内基是19世纪美国钢铁与桥梁企业家，晚年写自传回顾创业经历。这段话讲他经营基斯通桥梁厂的经历。
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