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

The President's visit, not to Pittsburgh, but to Allegheny over the river, had one beneficial result. Members of the City Council of Pittsburgh reminded me that I had first offered Pittsburgh money for a library and hall, which it declined, and that then Allegheny City had asked if I would give them to her, which I did. The President visiting Allegheny to open the library and hall there, and the ignoring of Pittsburgh, was too much. Her authorities came to me again the morning after the Allegheny City opening, asking if I would renew my offer to Pittsburgh. If so, the city would accept and agree to expend upon maintenance a larger percentage than I had previously asked. I was only too happy to do this and, instead of two hundred and fifty thousand, I offered a million dollars. My ideas had expanded. Thus was started the Carnegie Institute.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976
定位:Additional excerpt 535 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

美国总统访问的不是匹兹堡,而是河对岸的阿勒格尼,这带来一个意外好处。匹兹堡市议会的人提醒卡内基:他最初先向匹兹堡提出捐建图书馆和礼堂,被拒绝了;后来阿勒格尼市问能否捐给他们,卡内基答应了。总统去阿勒格尼主持开幕,却冷落了匹兹堡,这让匹兹堡当局坐不住了。阿勒格尼开幕第二天早上,他们来找卡内基,问是否愿意重新向匹兹堡提出捐赠。卡内基欣然同意,而且把原定的25万美元提高到100万美元,因为他的想法已经扩大。卡内基学院就这样起步了。核心是:竞争和面子有时能促成好事,但捐赠者要清楚自己的目的,别被情绪带偏。

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卡内基在自传中讲述他捐建图书馆时,匹兹堡起初拒绝,阿勒格尼接受,后来匹兹堡因总统访问阿勒格尼而改变主意。

今日一问

当你的善意被拒绝时,你会像卡内基那样等待时机、扩大格局,还是赌气放弃?

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