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For Rockefeller and Carnegie, Morgan's passing is a reminder-- time is running short and the realization triggers a new contest.
對洛克菲勒和卡內基來講 摩根的去世敲響了警鐘 提醒他們時間不多了 意識到這點 新的較量也隨之開始
No longer is their competition about who makes more money, now the question is who can give more away.
現在他們比的不是誰賺的錢多 而是誰捐的錢多了
Andrew Carnegie was the first of the big capitalists of this era to be bitten by the philanthropy bug.
安德魯·卡內基是這個時代 第一個熱心慈善事業的大資本家了
He decided that he was going to use his wealth to good purpose and he said that a man who dies rich dies disgraced.
他決定用他的財富做善事 他說抱著錢死去是一種恥辱
Andrew Carnegie was not a very popular man among his millionaire friends because he demanded that the millionaire has to give away all of his money.
安德魯·卡內基在他的富豪朋友圈內不是一個很受歡迎的人 因為他要求他們把錢全部捐出去
There's nothing wrong with making a lot of money. Making money is fun. I enjoy that very much. But I enjoy giving away money, even more so.
賺很多錢沒什么不妥 賺錢很好玩 我也樂在其中 但相比之下 我更喜歡捐錢
Carnegie gives away more than three hundred and fifty million dollars.Sixty-seven billion, today.
卡內基捐款超過三點五億美元相當于今天的六百七十億
Most goes to education and his favorite cause--libraries.
大多數都用在教育以及他的摯愛 圖書館
As more than twenty-five hundred "Carnegie libraries" are built in forty-nine states and around the world.
在四十九個州乃至全世界 一共有兩千五百多座卡內基圖書館
But even in this contest Carnegie will be bested by his old rival.
但是即使是捐錢比賽 卡內基還是輸給了他的老對手
