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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 547
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
It was because the President and Mr. Blaine were convinced that the British Government at home could not fulfill the stipulations agreed upon that they accepted Salisbury's proposal for arbitration, believing he had done his best. That was a very sore disappointment to Mr. Blaine. He had suggested that Britain and America should each place two small vessels on Behring Sea with equal rights to board or arrest fishing vessels under either flag--in fact, a joint police force. To give Salisbury due credit, he cabled the British Ambassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote, to congratulate Mr. Blaine upon this "brilliant suggestion." It would have given equal rights to each and under either or both flags for the first time in history--a just and brotherly compact. Sir Julian had shown this cable to Mr. Blaine. I mention this here to suggest that able and willing statesmen, anxious to coöperate, are sometimes unable to do so.
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核心是：能干又愿意合作的政客，有时也因体制约束而无法成事。总统和布莱恩最终相信英国政府无法履行已商定的条款，才接受仲裁，并认为索尔兹伯里已尽力。布莱恩曾提议英美各派两艘小船组成联合警力，平等登临或逮捕对方渔船，索尔兹伯里还发电报称赞这是“绝妙建议”。但这样的好事仍未能实现。卡内基借此提醒：评价一个人时，要看他是否尽力，而不是只看结果；合作失败时，先分清是意愿问题还是能力问题。
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白令海争端调解过程中，布莱恩提出英美联合执法方案，虽受英方赞赏却未落地。
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你最近是否把某个“没做成”的人，直接归因于他不愿意？
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