Dale Carnegie used to say that it was easier to make a million dollars than to put a phrase into the English language. How to Win Friends and Influence People became such a phrase, quoted, paraphrased(解释), used in different contexts from political cartoons to novels. The book itself was translated into almost every known written language. Each generation has discovered it anew and has found it relevant.

　　This brings us to the logical questions: Why revise a book that has proven and continues to prove its universal appeal? Why tamper with(篡改)success?

　　To answer that, we must realize that Dale Carnegie himself was a tireless reviser of his own work during his lifetime. How to Win Friends and Influence People was written to be used as a textbook for his courses in Effective Speaking and Human Relations and is still used in those courses today. Until his death in 1955, he constantly improved and revised the course itself to make it applicable to the needs of an ever-growing public. No one was more sensitive to the changing currents of present-day life than Dale Carnegie. He constantly improved his methods of teaching; he updated his book on Effective Speaking several times. Had he lived longer, he would have revised How to Win Friends and Influence People to better reflect the changes that have taken place in the world since the thirties.

　　Many of the names of famous people in the book, well-known at the time of its first publication, are no longer recognized by many of today’s readers. Certain examples and phrases seem as strange and dated in our social climate as those in a Victorian novel. The important message and overall impact of the book is weakened to that extent.

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