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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 207
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
These visits to Europe were also of great service in a commercial sense. One has to get out of the swirl of the great Republic to form a just estimate of the velocity with which it spins. I felt that a manufacturing concern like ours could scarcely develop fast enough for the wants of the American people, but abroad nothing seemed to be going forward. If we excepted a few of the capitals of Europe, everything on the Continent seemed to be almost at a standstill, while the Republic represented throughout its entire extent such a scene as there must have been at the Tower of Babel, as pictured in the story-books--hundreds rushing to and fro, each more active than his neighbor, and all engaged in constructing the mighty edifice.
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定位：Additional excerpt 207 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
跑欧洲不光长见识，对做生意也有大用。卡内基说，人得跳出美国那个大漩涡，才能看清它转得有多快。他在国内总觉得，像他们这样的制造企业，怎么发展都赶不上美国人的需求；可一到欧洲，发现那边几乎没什么动静。除了少数几个首都，整个大陆好像都停着，而美国上下却像故事书里的巴别塔，成百上千的人跑来跑去，一个比一个忙，全在盖那座大建筑。这让他更确信：美国市场正在爆发，得赶紧扩大生产。
上下文
19世纪后期，美国工业化迅猛，欧洲相对缓慢。卡内基借旅行对比两地，思考商业机会。
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