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安德鲁·卡内基:安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 331

安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导

My advances met with indifferent success. She was not without other and younger admirers. My wealth and future plans were against me. I was rich and had everything and she felt she could be of little use or benefit to me. Her ideal was to be the real helpmeet of a young, struggling man to whom she could and would be indispensable, as her mother had been to her father. The care of her own family had largely fallen upon her after her father's death when she was twenty-one. She was now twenty-eight; her views of life were formed. At times she seemed more favorable and we corresponded. Once, however, she returned my letters saying she felt she must put aside all thought of accepting me.

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定位:Additional excerpt 331 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

卡内基追求一位女士却屡屡碰壁。她身边不乏更年轻的追求者,而卡内基的财富和未来规划反而成了阻碍——她觉得自己对他没什么用。她理想中的角色是做一个奋斗中年轻人的得力帮手,就像她母亲当年帮助父亲那样。父亲去世后,二十一岁的她挑起了家庭重担,如今二十八岁,人生观已经定型。有时她态度似乎有所松动,两人也通信,但有一次她把信退回来,说必须彻底打消接受他的念头。这说明:光有财富和现成的好条件,未必能打动一个想通过付出体现自身价值的人。

上下文

安德鲁·卡内基的自传,讲述他年轻时追求后来成为他妻子的路易丝·惠特菲尔德时遇到的波折。

今日一问

当你提供的是现成的好条件,而对方想要的是被需要的感觉,你会怎么调整?

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