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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 45
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
It now became my duty to bathe the newly made spools in vats of oil. Fortunately there was a room reserved for this purpose and I was alone, but not all the resolution I could muster, nor all the indignation I felt at my own weakness, prevented my stomach from behaving in a most perverse way. I never succeeded in overcoming the nausea produced by the smell of the oil. Even Wallace and Bruce proved impotent here. But if I had to lose breakfast, or dinner, I had all the better appetite for supper, and the allotted work was done. A real disciple of Wallace or Bruce could not give up; he would die first.
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定位：Additional excerpt 45 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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卡内基的新任务是给新做的线轴在油槽里浸泡。幸好有间专用房，他独自干活，但无论怎么下决心、怎么为自己的软弱生气，胃都不听使唤，油味让他恶心，始终没克服。他自嘲说，连华莱士和布鲁斯（苏格兰民族英雄）在这事上也帮不上忙。不过要是因此少吃一顿早饭或午饭，晚饭胃口反而更好，活也照样干完。他的结论是：真正的华莱士或布鲁斯信徒不能放弃，宁可死也要撑住。核心是：意志力有极限，承认生理反应不丢人，但活必须干完。
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卡内基少年时在匹兹堡一家线轴厂做工，每天工作十二小时，周薪一元二角。这段回忆他负责给线轴浸油的经历。
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