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现代大学英语精读(第2版)第二册:U12A A Fundamental Technique in Handling People(2)

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What was the secret of Lincoln's success in dealing with people? I studied his life for ten years. I believe I have made as detailed and exhaustive a study of his personality and home life as it is possible for any being to make. I made a special study of Lincoln's method of dealing with people. Did he indulge in criticism? Oh, yes. As a young man in Indiana, he often wrote letters and poems ridiculing people. Even after he had become a practicing lawyer in Illinois, he still attacked his opponents openly in letters published in the newspapers. But he did this just once too often. In 1842, he ridiculed a vain politician by the name of James Shields in a letter published in the local journal. The town roared with laughter. Shields, sensitive and proud, boiled with indignation. He found out who wrote the letter, leaped on his horse, started after Lincoln and challenged him to fight a duel. Lincoln was given the choice of weapons. Since he had very long arms, he chose cavalry broadswords and took lessons from a West Point graduate; and on the appointed day, they met on a sandbar in the Mississippi River, prepared to fight to the death; but luckily at the last minute, their seconds interrupted and stopped the duel.

林肯和人打交道的成功秘诀是什么呢?我用了十年的时间研究他的一生。我相信我已经做到了任何其他人能做到的一切,对他这个人的个性和家庭生活进行了详细而彻底的研究。我特别研究了林肯与人打交道的艺术。他喜欢批评人吗?当然喜欢。他年轻的时候在印第安纳州就常常写信或作诗嘲弄别人。即使后来他在伊利诺伊州当律师时,他还仍旧会在报上发表公开信攻击他的对手们。但是有一次,他终于闯祸了。1842年,他在当地报纸上发表了一封信,里面嘲笑了一个名叫詹姆士·希尔兹的自负过高的政客。全城的人看了都大笑。敏感而又骄傲的希尔兹暴跳如雷。他打听到了写信的是谁,就跳上马,直奔林肯而去。他向林肯挑战,要和他决斗。武器由林肯挑。林肯因为手臂很长,就挑了骑士用的阔剑,而且请了一位西点军校毕业生教他。到了约定的那一天,他们来到密西西比河的一个沙洲上,准备决一死战。幸亏在最后关头,双方的助手干预了此事,阻止了这场决斗。

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