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

Thus, Pittencrieff Glen is the most soul-satisfying public gift I ever made, or ever can make. It is poetic justice that the grandson of Thomas Morrison, radical leader in his day, nephew of Bailie Morrison, his son and successor, and above all son of my sainted father and my most heroic mother, should arise and dispossess the lairds, should become the agent for conveying the Glen and Park to the people of Dunfermline forever. It is a true romance, which no air-castle can quite equal or fiction conceive. The hand of destiny seems to hover over it, and I hear something whispering: "Not altogether in vain have you lived--not altogether in vain." This is the crowning mercy of my career! I set it apart from all my other public gifts. Truly the whirligig of time brings in some strange revenges.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976
定位:Additional excerpt 459 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

卡内基说,皮滕克里夫峡谷是他一生中最令他心灵满足的公共捐赠,以后也不会有比这更让他满足的。他觉得这是诗意的正义:他作为激进领袖托马斯·莫里森的外孙、贝利·莫里森的外甥,尤其是他圣洁父亲和英雄母亲的儿子,竟能站出来剥夺地主的所有权,把峡谷和公园永久交给邓弗姆林人民。这像一段真实的传奇,任何空中楼阁或小说都难以比拟。他感到命运之手笼罩其上,仿佛有声音低语:“你的一生并非全然虚度。”这是他事业的顶峰恩典,他把它与其他公共捐赠区分开来。时间这个旋转木马确实带来了奇特的报复。

上下文

卡内基买下曾属于地主、与家族有渊源的皮滕克里夫庄园,并将其赠予故乡,这段话充满个人情感与历史反讽。

今日一问

你的人生中是否也有某个时刻,让你觉得过去的努力得到了意想不到的回报?

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