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华莱士·沃特尔斯：致富的科学·摘录 26
华莱士·沃特尔斯《致富的科学》· The Science of Getting Rich · 投资
No man is kept poor because opportunity has been taken away from him; because other people have monopolized the wealth, and have put a fence around it. You may be shut off from engaging in business in certain lines, but there are other channels open to you. Probably it would be hard for you to get control of any of the great railroad systems; that field is pretty well monopolized. But the electric railway business is still in its infancy, and offers plenty of scope for enterprise; and it will be but a very few years until traffic and transportation through the air will become a great industry, and in all its branches will give employment to hundreds of thousands, and perhaps to millions, of people. Why not turn your attention to the development of aerial transportation, instead of competing with J. J. Hill and others for a chance in the steam railway world?
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定位：Excerpt 26 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
没人因为机会被抢光而受穷，也不是别人把财富垄断围起来才让你没路走。某些行业可能进不去，但总有别的通道开着。比如铁路系统被大公司把持，你很难插手，可电气铁路才刚起步，空间很大；再往后，空中交通会成大产业，能养活成千上万人。与其跟巨头抢旧赛道，不如把眼光转向新领域，找那些还没被占满、正在成长的方向去投入。
上下文
沃特尔斯在书中反驳“财富已被垄断”的悲观论调，举当时美国铁路与新兴电气、航空业为例。
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你所在的领域里，哪个新兴方向还没被占满，值得你转过去试试？
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