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

Fine fellow, Rosebery, only he was handicapped by being born a peer. On the other hand, Morley, rising from the ranks, his father a surgeon hard-pressed to keep his son at college, is still "Honest John," unaffected in the slightest degree by the so-called elevation to the peerage and the Legion of Honor, both given for merit. The same with "Bob" Reid, M.P., who became Earl Loreburn and Lord High Chancellor, Lord Haldane, his successor as Chancellor; Asquith, Prime Minister, Lloyd George, and others. Not even the rulers of our Republic to-day are more democratic or more thorough men of the people.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976
定位:Additional excerpt 489 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

卡内基称赞罗斯伯里是个好人,可惜被贵族出身拖累。相反,莫利出身平民,父亲是外科医生,勉强供他上大学,但他至今仍是“诚实的约翰”,丝毫没有被封贵族和荣誉军团勋章所改变,这些荣誉都是因功绩而授予的。同样,里德、霍尔丹、阿斯奎斯、劳合·乔治等人也是如此。卡内基认为,他们比共和国今天的统治者更民主、更彻底地是人民之子。这说明出身不能决定格局,平民历练反而能保持本色。

上下文

卡内基对比贵族出身的罗斯伯里与平民出身的莫利等人,强调平民历练对保持民主本色的作用。

今日一问

我是否因获得某些头衔或地位而改变了自己原本的作风?

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