深思熟慮 - 古德明
Albert Gallatin, an early American politician, once attended a meeting, presided over by George Washington, to select a pass for a road through the Allegheny Mountains. As Washington interrogated the settlers and hunters in the region in detail, Gallatin suddenly pointed impatiently to the only pass on the map that seemed practicable and cried: "Oh, it is plain enough!"
The room became silent. Washington himself paused, laid down his pen, and, obviously offended, looked up sternly at the young man for a moment. Then he resumed his inquiries. But after a few minutes he stopped abruptly, threw down his pen, and, looking at Gallatin, announced: "You are right, sir!" Reflected Gallatin later: "It was so on all occasions with General Washington. He was slow in forming an opinion, and never decided until he knew he was right."
阿伯特‧加勒廷是美國早期政壇人物，有一次出席會議，主席是喬治‧華盛頓，旨在擇一山口，築路穿過阿勒格尼山脈。華盛頓向當地居民及獵人細問情況，加勒廷很不耐煩，突然指着地圖上看來唯一實際可行的山口，高聲說：「啊，這還不清楚！」
房間裏一時鴉雀無聲。華盛頓也停下來，放下筆，一臉不悅神情，擡頭冷冷望了望這個年輕人，然後繼續問訊，但幾分鐘之後，就突然停止，拋下手中筆，望着加勒廷說：「加勒廷先生，你說得對！」加勒廷後來回憶說：「華盛頓將軍向來都是這樣，不倉卒拿定主意，要清楚知道自己沒有錯，才會下決定。」
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