致加西亚的信 A Message to Garcia（第1页）
致加西亚的信AMessagetoGarcia
阿尔伯特·哈伯德ElbertHubbard
阿尔伯特·哈伯德（1856—1915），美国著名出版家和作家。《菲士利人》、《兄弟》杂志的总编辑，罗伊科罗斯特出版社创始人。1899年，阿尔伯特·哈伯德创作了《致加西亚的信》，在《菲士利人》杂志上发表后，引起了全世界的强烈轰动，这本小册子在世界各地广为流传，全球销量超过8亿册，成为有史以来世界上最畅销的读物之一，列入全球最畅销图书排行榜第六名。
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&hesenewwordsbeforeyoureadthisarticle。
1。perihelion[，peri'hi:li?n]n。近日点
2。oilskin['?il，skin]n。油布（雨衣），防水布（衣）
3。stiffen['stif?n]v。（使）变硬；（使）强硬
&ebrae['v?t?brei]n。椎骨
5。slipshod['sl?p，??d]adj。马虎的，随便的，草率的
6。imbecility[，?mb?'s?l?t?]n。愚笨；低能，弱智，愚蠢行为
7。ingratitude[?n'gr?t?，tju:d]n。忘恩负义
InallthisbusihereisoandsoutonthehorizonofmymemorylikeMarsatperihelion。
WhenwarbrokeoutbetweenSpaiedStates，itwasveryounicatequicklywiththeleaderoftheIs。Garewhereiainfastnessesofeknewwhere。Nraphmessagecouldreachhim。ThePresidentmustsecurehisco-，andquickly。Whattodo?
&othePresident，“There’safellowbythenameofRoillfindGarciaforyou，ifanybody。”
RowafiveobedeliveredtoGarcia。Howthe“fellowbythenameofRowan”tooktheletter，sealeditupinanoilskinpouch，strappeditoverhisheart，infourdayslandedbynightoffthecoastofa，disappearedintothejungle，andinthreeweekscameoutohersideoftheIsland，havingtraversedahostilefootanddeliveredhislettertoGarcia—arethingsIhavenospecialdesireail。ThepointthatIwishtomakeisthis:MleygaveRowaobedeliveredtoGartooktheletteranddidnotask，“Whereisheat?”
BytheEternal!Thereisamanwhoseformshouldbedeathlessbrohestatueplaeverycollegeoftheland。Itisnotbyoungmenneed，norinstruaboutthisandthat，butastiffeniebraewhichwillcausethemtobeloyaltoatrust，toaptly，tratetheirehething—“CarryamessagetoGarcia”。
GeneralGarciaisdeadnow，buttherearearanwhohaseocarryoutaerprisewheremanyhandswerehasbeenwell-nighappalledattimesbytheimbecilityoftheaveragemayotrateonathinganddoit。
Slipshodassistance，foolishiion，dowdyindifferendhalf-heartedworkseemtherule;andnomansulessbyhookorcrookorthreatheforcesorbribesothermentoassisthim;ormayhap，GodinHisgoodnessperformsamiradsendshimanAngelofLightforanassistant。
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Wehaveretlybeenhearingmusympathyexpressedforthe“downtroddehes”andthe“homelesswandererseargforho”，andwithitalloftengomanyhardwordsforthemeninpower。
Nothingissaidabouttheemplrowsoldbeforehistimeinavaiogetfrowsyne’er-do-wellstodoiwork;andhislorivingafter“help”thatdoesnothingbutloafwhenhisbaed。
&oreandfactorythereisatweeding-oingon。Theemployeristlysendinga”thathaveshowntheirincapacitytofurthertheihebusiness，andtakenon。Noodtimesare，thissuesonly，iftimesarehardandworkisscarce，thesisdoaheiandunwo。Itisthesurvivalofthefittest。Self-iseveryemployertokeepthebest—thosewhocarryamessagetoGarcia。
Iknowonemanofreallybrilliantpartswhohasytomanageabusinessofhisowwhoisabsolutelyworthlesstoanyoneelse，becausehecarrieswithhimtlytheinsanesuspithathisemployeris，oriooppresshim。Heotgiveorders，areceivethem。ShouldamessagebegivenhimtotaketoGarcia，hisanswerwouldprobablybe，“Takeityourself!”Ofcourse，Iknowthatonesomorallydeformedisobepitiedthanaphysicalcripple;butinletusdropatear，too，forthemerivingtreatenterprise，whhoursarehewhistle，andwhosehairisfastturhroughthestruggletoholdinlinedowdyindifference，slipshodimbedtheheartlessingratitudewhich，butfortheirenterprise，wouldbebothhungryandhomeless。
&hemattertly?PossiblyIhave;butwhenallthewonea-slummingIwishtospeakawordofsympathyforthemanwhosucceeds—themanwho，agaiodds，hasdirectedtheeffortsofothers，andhavingsucceeded，fihinginit:nothingbutbareboardandclothes。Ihavecarriedadinner-pailandworkedforday’swages，andIhavealsobeenanemployeroflabor，andIkhingtobesaidonbothsides。Thereisnoexce，perse，iy;ragsareion;andallemployersarenotrapadhigh-handed，ahanallpoormeuous。Myheartgoesouttothemanwhodoeshisworkwhenthe“boss”isahehome。Andthemanwho，wheerfarcia，quietlytakesthemissive，withoutaskinganyidiotis，andwithniionofgitisewer，aughtelsebutdeliverit，s“laidoonastrikefes。
Civilizationisonelong，anxioussearchforjustsudividuals。
Anythingsuasksshallbegraediy，townandvillage—ineveryoffice，shop，storeandfactory。Theworldcriesoutforsuch，heisneededahemanwho“CarryaMessagetoGarcia”。
SowhowillseoGarcia?