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P.T. 巴纳姆：奋斗与胜利·补录 596
P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导
Commodore Nutt and the Nova Scotia giantess, Anna Swan, illustrate the old proverb sufficiently to show how extremes occasionally met in my Museum. He was the shortest of men and she was the tallest of women. I first heard of her through a quaker who came into my office one day and told me of a wonderful girl, seventeen years of age, who resided near him at Pictou, Nova Scotia, and who was probably the tallest girl in the world. I asked him to obtain her exact height, on his return home, which he did and sent it to me, and I at once sent an agent who in due time came back with Anna Swan. She was an intelligent and by no means ill-looking girl, and during the long period while she was in my employ she was visited by thousands of persons. After the burning of my second Museum, she went to England where she attracted great attention.
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定位：Additional excerpt 596 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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巴纳姆的博物馆里同时展出了最矮的男人和最高的女人，正好印证了“极端也会相遇”这句老话。他听说新斯科舍有个十七岁的姑娘可能是世界最高的女子，就请人量了准确身高，然后派经纪人把她带来。这姑娘聪明，长得也不难看，在他手下工作期间吸引了成千上万的观众。后来博物馆烧毁，她去了英国，同样大受欢迎。巴纳姆的做法是：先确认事实（身高），再派人去谈，把“奇”变成可验证的卖点。他不靠编故事，而是靠真实存在的极端差异来吸引人，同时善待表演者，让她们能长期合作。
上下文
巴纳姆是美国19世纪著名马戏团老板，以营销奇人异事闻名。这段出自他的自传《奋斗与胜利》。
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