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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 428

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

Meanwhile, my eyes were fully opened to the entire magnitude of the deception that had been practised upon my too confiding nature. I not only discovered that my notes had been used to five times the amount I stipulated or expected, but that they had been applied, not to relieving the company from temporary embarrassment after my connection with it, but almost wholly to the redemption of old and rotten claims of years and months gone by. To show the extent to which the fresh victim was deliberately bled, it may be stated that I was induced to become surety to one of the New Haven banks in the sum of $30,000 to indemnify the bank against future losses it might incur from the Jerome company after my connection with it, and by some legerdemain this bond was made to cover past obligations which were older even than my knowledge of the existence of the company. In every way it seemed as if I had been cruelly swindled and deliberately defrauded.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 428 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆说,他后来才完全看清自己太轻信,被人骗得有多惨。他发现自己的期票被用到他约定或预想金额的五倍,而且这些钱几乎全用来还多年前的旧烂账,根本不是帮他加入后公司渡过临时难关。为说明他被宰得多狠:有人诱他给纽黑文一家银行做3万美元的担保,说是保他加入后公司将来可能出的亏空,可这担保书不知怎么搞的,竟被用来覆盖他连公司存在都不知道时的旧债。他觉得处处都是被人狠狠诈骗、故意坑害。核心是:轻信会被人利用,签字担保前必须弄清钱到底用在哪、覆盖哪些债。

上下文

巴纳姆在自传中讲述自己投资钟表公司时被合伙人欺骗、背上巨额债务的经历。

今日一问

你最近有没有在没弄清条款的情况下签字或担保?下次签字前你会先问清哪几个问题?

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