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安德鲁·卡内基:安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 564
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
When I called upon President McKinley immediately after the vote, I condoled with him upon being dependent for support upon his leading opponent. I explained just how his victory had been won and suggested that he should send his grateful acknowledgments to Mr. Bryan. A Colonial possession thousands of miles away was a novel problem to President McKinley, and indeed to all American statesmen. Nothing did they know of the troubles and dangers it would involve. Here the Republic made its first grievous international mistake--a mistake which dragged it into the vortex of international militarism and a great navy. What a change has come over statesmen since!
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定位:Additional excerpt 564 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
卡内基在麦金利总统赢得大选后去见他,半开玩笑地说:您得感谢您的对手布莱恩,因为正是他的主张帮您赢了。他真正想提醒的是:美国接管几千英里外的殖民地是个全新问题,没人知道会带来多少麻烦和危险。他认为这是共和国第一次严重的国际错误,把美国拖进了国际军备竞赛和海军扩张的漩涡。他的核心意思是:扩张海外领土不是荣耀,而是负担;国家一旦走上这条路,就很难回头。可执行的做法是:在决定对外扩张前,先想清楚长期代价,而不是只看眼前利益。
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卡内基是19世纪美国钢铁大王、慈善家,这是他自传中的回忆,背景是1898年美西战争后美国决定吞并菲律宾。
今日一问
你所在的团队或国家在做一个重大扩张决定时,是否认真计算过长期代价?
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