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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 219
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
I had lived long enough in Pittsburgh to acquire the manufacturing, as distinguished from the speculative, spirit. My knowledge of affairs, derived from my position as telegraph operator, had enabled me to know the few Pittsburgh men or firms which then had dealings upon the New York Stock Exchange, and I watched their careers with deep interest. To me their operations seemed simply a species of gambling. I did not then know that the credit of all these men or firms was seriously impaired by the knowledge (which it is almost impossible to conceal) that they were given to speculation. But the firms were then so few that I could have counted them on the fingers of one hand. The Oil and Stock Exchanges in Pittsburgh had not as yet been founded and brokers' offices with wires in connection with the stock exchanges of the East were unnecessary. Pittsburgh was emphatically a manufacturing town.
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定位：Additional excerpt 219 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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卡内基在匹兹堡住久了，养成了制造业精神，而不是投机精神。他当电报员时了解事务，知道匹兹堡只有少数人和公司在纽约股票交易所交易，他饶有兴趣地观察他们的发展。在他看来，那些操作简直就是赌博。他当时不知道，这些人或公司一旦被知道好投机，信用就会严重受损，而且这种事几乎瞒不住。但当时这样的公司少得一只手数得过来。匹兹堡还没有石油和股票交易所，也不需要与东部交易所联网的经纪行。匹兹堡彻头彻尾是个制造业城市。这提醒创业者，专注实业、远离投机，才能保住信用。
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卡内基自传中对比匹兹堡的制造业氛围与纽约的股票投机风气。
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