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安德鲁·卡内基:安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 427
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
Some of the newspapers in America were doubtful of the merits of the Hero Fund and the first annual report was criticized, but all this has passed away and the action of the fund is now warmly extolled. It has conquered, and long will it be before the trust is allowed to perish! The heroes of the barbarian past wounded or killed their fellows; the heroes of our civilized day serve or save theirs. Such the difference between physical and moral courage, between barbarism and civilization. Those who belong to the first class are soon to pass away, for we are finally to regard men who slay each other as we now do cannibals who eat each other; but those in the latter class will not die as long as man exists upon the earth, for such heroism as they display is god-like.
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定位:Additional excerpt 427 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
卡内基的英雄基金最初遭到美国一些报纸质疑,首份年度报告也被批评,但后来舆论转变,基金的做法广受赞扬。他借此区分两种英雄:野蛮时代的英雄以伤害同类为荣,文明时代的英雄则以服务、拯救他人为荣。前者靠体力之勇,后者靠道德之勇;随着文明推进,杀人者终会像食人族一样被唾弃,而舍己救人的英雄精神只要人类存在就不会消亡。对今天的人来说,这意味着评价英雄的标准应从“谁能制服别人”转向“谁在帮助别人”,并以此调整我们对榜样和荣誉的选择。
上下文
卡内基在自传中为英雄基金辩护,回应早期舆论批评,并阐述文明时代英雄观与野蛮时代的区别。
今日一问
你心目中的英雄标准,是更看重制服他人的力量,还是服务他人的担当?
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