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

A short time after "Davy's" appointment a third boy was required, and this time I was asked if I could find a suitable one. This I had no difficulty in doing in my chum, Robert Pitcairn, later on my successor as superintendent and general agent at Pittsburgh of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Robert, like myself, was not only Scotch, but Scotch-born, so that "Davy," "Bob," and "Andy" became the three Scotch boys who delivered all the messages of the Eastern Telegraph Line in Pittsburgh, for the then magnificent salary of two and a half dollars per week. It was the duty of the boys to sweep the office each morning, and this we did in turn, so it will be seen that we all began at the bottom. Hon. H.W. Oliver,[13] head of the great manufacturing firm of Oliver Brothers, and W.C. Morland,[14] City Solicitor, subsequently joined the corps and started in the same fashion. It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race of life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the "dark horse" in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976
定位:Additional excerpt 56 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

“戴维”被录用后不久,需要第三个男孩,他们问我能否找到合适的人。我很容易就找到了我的好朋友罗伯特·皮特凯恩,他后来接替我成为宾夕法尼亚铁路在匹兹堡的主管和总代理。罗伯特和我一样是苏格兰人,而且生在苏格兰,于是“戴维”“鲍勃”和“安迪”成了三个送电报的苏格兰男孩,周薪两块半美元,当时算很可观。男孩们每天早晨轮流打扫办公室,可见我们都从最底层做起。后来奥利弗兄弟制造公司的老板奥利弗和市法务官莫兰也加入过,同样从扫地开始。年轻奋斗者要怕的不是富家子弟、侄子或表亲,而是那个从扫地开始的“黑马”男孩。

上下文

卡内基回忆少年时在匹兹堡东电报公司做信差的经历,以及同伴们后来成为要人的故事。

今日一问

你身边有没有从最基层做起、现在很出色的人?你从他们身上学到什么?

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