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华莱士·沃特尔斯:致富的科学·摘录 50

华莱士·沃特尔斯《致富的科学》· The Science of Getting Rich · 投资

I am aware that there are men who get a vast amount of money by proceeding in direct opposition to the statements in the paragraph above, and may add a word of explanation here. Men of the plutocratic type, who become very rich, do so sometimes purely by their extraordinary ability on the plane of competition; and sometimes they unconsciously relate themselves to Substance in its great purposes and movements for the general racial upbuilding through industrial evolution. Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, _et al._, have been the unconscious agents of the Supreme in the necessary work of systematizing and organizing productive industry; and in the end, their work will contribute immensely toward increased life for all. Their day is nearly over; they have organized production, and _will soon be succeeded by the agents of the multitude, who will organize the machinery of distribution_.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59844
定位:Excerpt 50 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

作者承认,有些人靠直接违背上述原则的方式赚了大钱,于是补充解释:像洛克菲勒、卡内基、摩根这类财阀型人物,有时纯粹靠竞争层面上的非凡能力致富;有时他们不自觉地与本源的大计划相连,在工业进化中推动种族整体提升。他们成了“至高者”的无意识代理人,完成了系统化、组织化生产工业的必要工作,最终会大大促进所有人的生命。但他们的时代快结束了:他们组织好了生产,很快会被大众的代理人接替,去组织分配机制。

上下文

沃特尔斯在书中回应读者可能的质疑:为什么有些违背“创造”原则的巨头也成了巨富?他举了20世纪初美国工业巨头的例子。

今日一问

你所在的行业里,有哪些“组织生产”的活儿已经做完,接下来该轮到“组织分配”了?

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