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布克·T·华盛顿：力争上游·摘录 88
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
During the year that I spent in Washington, and for some little time before this, there had been considerable agitation in the state of West Virginia over the question of moving the capital of the state from Wheeling to some other central point. As a result of this, the Legislature designated three cities to be voted upon by the citizens of the state as the permanent seat of government. Among these cities was Charleston, only five miles from Malden, my home. At the close of my school year in Washington I was very pleasantly surprised to receive, from a committee of three white people in Charleston, an invitation to canvass the state in the interests of that city. This invitation I accepted, and spent nearly three months in speaking in various parts of the state. Charleston was successful in winning the prize, and is now the permanent seat of government.
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定位：Excerpt 88 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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华盛顿在华盛顿特区求学那年，西弗吉尼亚州正争论把州首府从惠灵迁到中部某地。州议会选出三个城市交公民投票，其中包括离他家乡马尔登仅五英里的查尔斯顿。学年结束时，查尔斯顿一个三人白人委员会邀请他为本城拉票，他欣然接受，花了近三个月在全州演讲。结果查尔斯顿胜出，成为永久首府。这件事说明：一个年轻人靠公开表达赢得信任，就能被请去参与公共事务；而机会往往来自你已有的名声和身边人的推荐，不必等完全准备好。
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这是《超越奴役》中华盛顿回忆早年求学后参与州首府选址游说的经历，展现他演讲才能的起点。
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