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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 272
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
Looking back to-day it seems incredible that only forty years ago (1870) chemistry in the United States was an almost unknown agent in connection with the manufacture of pig iron. It was the agency, above all others, most needful in the manufacture of iron and steel. The blast-furnace manager of that day was usually a rude bully, generally a foreigner, who in addition to his other acquirements was able to knock down a man now and then as a lesson to the other unruly spirits under him. He was supposed to diagnose the condition of the furnace by instinct, to possess some almost supernatural power of divination, like his congener in the country districts who was reputed to be able to locate an oil well or water supply by means of a hazel rod. He was a veritable quack doctor who applied whatever remedies occurred to him for the troubles of his patient.
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回想起来，仅仅四十年前（1870年），化学在美国生铁制造业中几乎不为人知，这似乎难以置信。化学是钢铁制造中最需要的。当时的鼓风炉经理通常是个粗鲁的恶霸，多半是外国人，除了其他本事，还能时不时打倒一个人，以儆效尤。人们以为他靠本能诊断炉况，拥有近乎超自然的占卜能力，就像乡下用榛木棒找油井或水源的人。他是个十足的庸医，对病人的问题随意用药。
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卡内基描述19世纪70年代美国钢铁业缺乏科学管理的状况，为后文化学引入做铺垫。
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