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"Dear Andrew,it may become necessary to fight it out this summer.
"親愛的安德魯""今年夏季可能必須做個了斷了"
Once got into it will be fought to the finish."
"否則的話 斗爭只會越來越殘酷"
Andrew Carnegie is well aware of Frick's aggressiveness.
安德魯·卡內基很清楚弗里克的侵略性有多強
It's why he's put three thousand miles between them.
這就是他跑到三千英里之外去的原因
But Carnegie would rather leave some things unsaid.
卡內基顯然不打算將一切挑明
"Mr. Frick, no doubt you will get Homestead right."
"弗里克先生 霍姆斯泰德的事你肯定能處理好"
You can get anything right,with your mild persistence."
"沒有什么是你做不好的""你有著溫和適度的堅毅"
There's a fine line, how do we protect the worker,yet, at the same time, continue to grease the wheels for capitalism?
一個很重要的問題就是 如何保護工人 同時又讓資本主義的車輪順利前行
Sometimes those two are at cross-purposes.
有時 這兩者容易出現矛盾
Frick takes Carnegie's words as a clear indication that it's time to go to war.
弗里克將卡內基的話看成是立刻開戰的明確指示
He ramps up production,pushing his men harder than ever.
他開始增加產量讓工人更加努力地工作
In case of a strike, he'll have a stockpile of finished steel.
確保就算發生罷工 他仍有大量成品鋼材的庫存
The men are spending half their lives in the dreadful and dangerous conditions.
工人們生活中一半的時間工作在惡劣危險的條件下
And they're about to reach their breaking point.
他們已經到達了自身極限
