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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 537
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
Herbert Spencer heard, while with us in Pittsburgh, some account of the rejection of my first offer of a library to Pittsburgh. When the second offer was made, he wrote me that he did not understand how I could renew it; he never could have done so; they did not deserve it. I wrote the philosopher that if I had made the first offer to Pittsburgh that I might receive her thanks and gratitude, I deserved the personal arrows shot at me and the accusations made that only my own glorification and a monument to my memory were sought. I should then probably have felt as he did. But, as it was the good of the people of Pittsburgh I had in view, among whom I had made my fortune, the unfounded suspicions of some natures only quickened my desire to work their good by planting in their midst a potent influence for higher things. This the Institute, thank the kind fates, has done. Pittsburgh has played her part nobly.
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定位：Additional excerpt 537 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
斯宾塞在匹兹堡时听说了卡内基第一次捐图书馆被拒的事。当卡内基第二次提出捐赠时，斯宾塞写信说，他不理解卡内基怎么能重新提出；换作他，绝不会这么做，因为匹兹堡不配。卡内基回信说：如果他第一次捐赠是为了得到感谢和感激，那他就活该挨骂，活该被指责只想自我 glorification、给自己立碑；那样他大概也会有斯宾塞的感受。但他当时想的是匹兹堡人民的好处——他是在他们中间发的财——所以某些人毫无根据的猜疑，反而更激发了他要在他们中间种下提升高尚事物的强大影响力。卡内基学院做到了这一点，匹兹堡也表现得很高尚。核心是：做公益要分清动机，若为公众好处，就不必被误解吓退。
上下文
卡内基在自传中回忆哲学家赫伯特·斯宾塞对他第二次向匹兹堡捐款的不解，以及他自己的动机辨析。
今日一问
当你做好事被误解时，你能分清自己是为了别人的好处，还是为了自己的面子吗？
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