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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 242
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
More than any other single argument, this last point destroyed Bok's faith in the judgment of his friends. He had had experience enough to realize that a man could not be buried in any city, provided he had the ability to stand out from his fellow-men. He knew from his biographical reading that cream will rise to the surface anywhere, in Philadelphia as well as in New York: it all depended on whether the cream was there: it was up to the man. Had he within him that peculiar, subtle something that, for the want of a better phrase, we call the editorial instinct? That was all there was to it, and that decision had to be his and his alone!
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定位：Additional excerpt 242 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
正是最后这一点，比其他任何理由都更彻底地摧毁了博克对朋友们判断力的信任。他的经验足够让他明白：一个人只要有能力脱颖而出，就不会被埋没在任何城市。他从传记阅读中知道，奶油在哪里都会浮到表面，费城和纽约都一样；关键在于奶油本身在不在，这取决于那个人自己。他内心有没有那种难以言喻的、微妙的特质——我们姑且称之为编辑本能？问题就这么简单，而这个决定必须由他、也只能由他来做。
上下文
博克在自传中回忆，朋友们以“费城会埋没你”为由反对他跳槽，他由此反思。
今日一问
如果“奶油在哪里都会浮起来”，你现在缺的是机会，还是那点“奶油”？
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