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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 460
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
Not long after, Bok decided to induce Colonel Roosevelt to embark upon an entirely new activity, and negotiations were begun (alas, too late! for it was in the autumn of 1918), which, owing to their tentative character, were never made public. Bok told Colonel Roosevelt that he wanted to invest twenty-five thousand dollars a year in American boyhood--the boyhood that he felt twenty years hence would be the manhood of America, and that would actually solve the problems with which we were now grappling.
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定位：Additional excerpt 460 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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不久后，博克想请罗斯福上校开展一项全新活动，谈判在1918年秋开始（可惜太迟了），因属试探性从未公开。博克告诉罗斯福，他想每年投资两万五千美元在美国男孩身上——他认为二十年后这些男孩就是美国的成年男人，能真正解决当时棘手的问题。这体现了一种长远眼光：投资下一代，而不是只解决眼前危机。今天做公益或教育，也可以问：我是否愿意把钱和精力投在二十年后才见效的地方？
上下文
1918年秋，博克想邀请罗斯福领导美国童子军，但谈判未及公开。
今日一问
你愿意为二十年后的结果投资吗？哪怕现在看不到回报。
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