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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 93

爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

It is here that Edward's autographic acquaintances stood him in good stead. He went in turn to each noted person he had met, explained his plight and stated his ambitions, with the result that very soon the magazine and the public were surprised at the distinction of the contributors to The Brooklyn Magazine. Each number contained a noteworthy list of them, and when an article by the President of the United States, then Rutherford B. Hayes, opened one of the numbers, the public was astonished, since up to that time the unwritten rule that a President's writings were confined to official pronouncements had scarcely been broken. William Dean Howells, General Grant, General Sherman, Phillips Brooks, General Sheridan, Canon Farrar, Cardinal Gibbons, Marion Harland, Margaret Sangster--the most prominent men and women of the day, some of whom had never written for magazines--began to appear in the young editor's contents. Editors wondered how the publishers could afford it, whereas, in fact, not a single name represented an honorarium. Each contributor had come gratuitously to the aid of the editor.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 93 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

这时爱德华因采访结识的人脉派上了用场。他逐一拜访认识的知名人士,说明困境和抱负,结果杂志和公众都惊讶于《布鲁克林杂志》撰稿人的显赫。每期都有名人名单,当总统拉瑟福德·海斯的一篇文章作为某期开篇时,公众大为震惊,因为此前总统 writings 几乎只限于官方声明。豪威尔斯、格兰特将军、谢尔曼将军等当时最杰出的人物开始出现在年轻编辑的内容中,有些从未给杂志写过稿。编辑们纳闷出版商怎么付得起稿费,实际上没有一个名字代表稿酬,每位撰稿人都是无偿帮助编辑的。核心是:人脉和真诚求助能换来高质量的无偿贡献。做法是主动说明愿景,让人愿意帮你。

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博克利用采访结识的人脉,为杂志争取到众多名人无偿撰稿,包括美国总统海斯,这在当时极为罕见。

今日一问

你是否曾真诚地向他人说明你的愿景,并因此获得过无偿的帮助?

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