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布克·T·华盛顿：力争上游·摘录 12
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
No man living had a harder task, and a task that called for more wisdom to do it right. The true measure of Mr. Washington’s success is, then, not his teaching the pupils of Tuskegee, nor even gaining the support of philanthropic persons at a distance, but this—that every Southern white man of character and of wisdom has been won to a cordial recognition of the value of the work, even men who held and still hold to the conviction that a mere book education for the Southern blacks under present conditions is a positive evil. This is a demonstration of the efficiency of the Hampton-Tuskegee idea that stands like the demonstration of the value of democratic institutions themselves—a demonstration made so clear in spite of the greatest odds that it is no longer open to argument.
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定位：Excerpt 12 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
没有谁的任务比他更难，更需要智慧才能做对。衡量华盛顿先生成功的真正标准，不是他教了塔斯基吉的学生，甚至也不是赢得远方慈善家的支持，而是：每一位有品格、有智慧的南方白人都由衷认可这项工作的价值，包括那些至今仍认为在现有条件下给南方黑人纯书本教育是绝对坏事的人。这就像民主制度本身的价值展示一样，尽管阻力极大，却已清楚到无可争辩。
上下文
华盛顿在自传中借他人之口评价自己，强调塔斯基吉模式连南方白人也逐渐接受。
今日一问
你如何衡量一项工作的成功？是内部指标，还是连最挑剔的反对者也开始认可？
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