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亨利·福特:我的生活与工作·补录 388

亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导

I have never been able to discover any honourable reasons for the beginning of the World War. It seems to have grown out of a very complicated situation created largely by those who thought they could profit by war. I believed, on the information that was given to me in 1916, that some of the nations were anxious for peace and would welcome a demonstration for peace. It was in the hope that this was true that I financed the expedition to Stockholm in what has since been called the "Peace Ship." I do not regret the attempt. The mere fact that it failed is not, to me, conclusive proof that it was not worth trying. We learn more from our failures than from our successes. What I learned on that trip was worth the time and the money expended. I do not now know whether the information as conveyed to me was true or false. I do not care. But I think everyone will agree that if it had been possible to end the war in 1916 the world would be better off than it is to-day.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213
定位:Additional excerpt 388 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

福特表示,他从未发现第一次世界大战的爆发有任何光荣的理由。它似乎源于一个非常复杂的局面,主要由那些认为可以从战争中获利的人制造。根据1916年获得的信息,他相信一些国家渴望和平,会欢迎和平的示范。正是希望这是真的,他资助了前往斯德哥尔摩的远征,即后来所称的“和平船”。他不后悔这次尝试。失败的事实对他来说并不是不值得尝试的确凿证据。我们从失败中学到的比从成功中学到的更多。那次旅行中学到的东西值得花费的时间和金钱。他现在不知道当时得到的信息是真是假,也不在乎。但他认为每个人都会同意,如果能在1916年结束战争,世界会比今天更好。

上下文

福特在自传中回顾他1915年资助“和平船”前往欧洲调停一战但未成功的经历,表达了对和平的追求与对失败的反思。

今日一问

面对看似不可能的和平努力,我们是否愿意尝试,并从失败中学习?

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