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1、AMessagetoGarciaByElbertHubbardInallthisCubanbusinessthereisonemanstandsoutonthehorizonofmymemorylikeMarsatperihelion.WhenwarbrokeoutbetweenSpainandtheUnitedStates,itwasverynecessarytocommunicatequicklywiththeleaderoftheInsurgents.Garciawassomewhereinthem
2、ountainvastnessofCuba—nooneknewwhere.Nomailnortelegraphmessagecouldreachhim.ThePresidentmustsecurehiscooperation,andquickly.Whattodo!SomeonesaidtothePresident,"There’safellowbythenameofRowanwillfindGarciaforyou,ifanybodycan."Rowanwassentforandgivenaletter
3、tobedeliveredtoGarcia.How"thefellowbythenameofRowan"tooktheletter,sealeditupinanoil-skinpouch,strappeditoverhisheart,infourdayslandedbynightoffthecoastofCubafromanopenboat,disappearedintothejungle,&inthreeweekscameoutontheothersideoftheIsland,havingtraver
4、sedahostilecountryonfoot,anddeliveredhislettertoGarcia,arethingsIhavenospecialdesirenowtotellindetail.ThepointIwishtomakeisthis:McKinleygaveRowanalettertobedeliveredtoGarcia;Rowantooktheletteranddidnotask,"Whereisheat?"BytheEternal!thereisamanwhoseformsho
5、uldbecastindeathlessbronzeandthestatueplacedineverycollegeoftheland.Itisnotbook-learningyoungmenneed,norinstructionaboutthisandthat,butastiffeningofthevertebraewhichwillcausethemtobeloyaltoatrust,toactpromptly,concentratetheirenergies:dothething-"Carryame
6、ssagetoGarcia!"GeneralGarciaisdeadnow,butthereareotherGarcias.Noman,whohasendeavoredtocarryoutanenterprisewheremanyhandswereneeded,buthasbeenwellnighappalledattimesbytheimbecilityoftheaverageman-theinabilityorunwillingnesstoconcentrateonathinganddoit.Slip
7、-shodassistance,foolishinattention,dowdyindifference,&half-heartedworkseemtherule;andnomansucceeds,unlessbyhookorcrook,orthreat,heforcesorbribesothermentoassisthim;ormayhap,GodinHisgoodnessperformsamiracle,&sendshimanAngelofLightforanassistant.You,reader,
8、putthismattertoatest:Youaresittingnowinyouroffice—sixclerksarewithincall.Summonanyoneandmakethisrequest:"PleaselookintheencyclopediaandmakeabriefmemorandumformeconcerningthelifeofCorreggio".Willtheclerkquietlysay,"Y
