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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 18
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
The school was a perfect delight to me, and if anything occurred which prevented my attendance I was unhappy. This happened every now and then because my morning duty was to bring water from the well at the head of Moodie Street. The supply was scanty and irregular. Sometimes it was not allowed to run until late in the morning and a score of old wives were sitting around, the turn of each having been previously secured through the night by placing a worthless can in the line. This, as might be expected, led to numerous contentions in which I would not be put down even by these venerable old dames. I earned the reputation of being "an awfu' laddie." In this way I probably developed the strain of argumentativeness, or perhaps combativeness, which has always remained with me.
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定位：Additional excerpt 18 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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学校对我来说是极大的乐趣，如果有事妨碍我上学，我就会不高兴。但这种事时常发生，因为我早上的任务是到穆迪街尽头的水井打水。供水稀少且不稳定，有时直到上午很晚才放水，而一群老妇人坐在周围，每个人前一晚就放个破罐子排队占位。这自然引发无数争吵，即使面对这些可敬的老太太，我也绝不退让。我因此得了“一个可怕的小子”的名声。就这样，我大概培养出了好辩或好斗的性子，这性子一直留在我身上。核心是：童年环境塑造性格，但也要注意别让好斗变成无谓冲突。
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卡内基自传中回忆童年打水排队引发的争吵，以及由此形成的性格特点。
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