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第17章 致加西亚的信 1（第1页）

MessagetoGarcia

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。

AceintheHole

Understandthesenewwordsbeforeyoureadthisarticle。

1。erihelionn。近日点

2。oilskinn。油布（雨衣），防水布（衣）

3。stiffenv。（使）变硬；（使）强硬

4。vertebraen。椎骨

5。slishodadj。马虎的，随便的，草率的

6。imbecilityn。愚笨；低能，弱智，愚蠢行为

7。ingratituden。忘恩负义

InallthisCubanbusinessthereisonemanstandsoutonthehorizonofmymemorylikeMarsaterihelion。

WhenwarbrokeoutbetweenSainandtheUnitedStates，itwasverynecessarytocommunicatequicklywiththeleaderoftheInsurgents。GarciawassomewhereinthemountainfastnessesofCuba—nooneknewwhere。Nomailortelegrahmessagecouldreachhim。ThePresidentmustsecurehisco-coeration，andquickly。Whattodo？

SomesaidtothePresident，“There’safellowbythenameofRowanwhowillfindGarciaforyou，ifanybodycan。”

RowanwassentforandgivenalettertobedeliveredtoGarcia。Howthe“fellowbythenameofRowan”tooktheletter，sealedituinanoilskinouch，straeditoverhisheart，infourdayslandedbynightoffthecoastofCubafromanoenboat，disaearedintothejungle，andinthreeweekscameoutontheothersideoftheIsland，havingtraversedahostilecountryonfootanddeliveredhislettertoGarcia—arethingsIhavenosecialdesirenowtotellindetail。TheointthatIwishtomakeisthis：McKinleygaveRowanalettertobedeliveredtoGarcia；Rowantooktheletteranddidnotask，“Whereisheat？”

BytheEternal！Thereisamanwhoseformshouldbecastindeathlessbronzeandthestatuelacedineverycollegeoftheland。Itisnotbook-learningyoungmenneed，norinstructionaboutthisandthat，butastiffeningofthevertebraewhichwillcausethemtobeloyaltoatrust，toactromtly，concentratetheirenergies：dothething—“CarryamessagetoGarcia”。

GeneralGarciaisdeadnow，butthereareotherGarcias。Nomanwhohasendeavoredtocarryoutanenterrisewheremanyhandswereneeded，buthasbeenwell-nighaalledattimesbytheimbecilityoftheaverageman—theinabilityorunwillingnesstoconcentrateonathinganddoit。

Slishodassistance，foolishinattention，dowdyindifference，andhalf-heartedworkseemtherule；andnomansucceeds，unlessbyhookorcrookorthreatheforcesorbribesothermentoassisthim；ormayha，GodinHisgoodnesserformsamiracle，andsendshimanAngelofLightforanassistant。

Wehaverecentlybeenhearingmuchmaudlinsymathyexressedforthe“downtroddendenizensofthesweat-sho”andthe“homelesswanderersearchingforhonestemloyment”，andwithitalloftengomanyhardwordsforthemeninower。

Nothingissaidabouttheemloyerwhogrowsoldbeforehistimeinavainattemttogetfrowsyne’er-do-wellstodointelligentwork；andhislong，atientstrivingafter“hel”thatdoesnothingbutloafwhenhisbackisturned。

Ineverystoreandfactorythereisaconstantweeding-outrocessgoingon。Theemloyerisconstantlysendingaway“hel”thathaveshowntheirincaacitytofurthertheinterestsofthebusiness，andothersarebeingtakenon。Nomatterhowgoodtimesare，thissortingcontinuesonly，iftimesarehardandworkisscarce，thesortingisdonefiner—butoutandforeverouttheincometentandunworthygo。Itisthesurvivalofthefittest。Self-interestromtseveryemloyertokeethebest—thosewhocancarryamessagetoGarcia。

Iknowonemanofreallybrilliantartswhohasnottheabilitytomanageabusinessofhisown，andyetwhoisabsolutelyworthlesstoanyoneelse，becausehecarrieswithhimconstantlytheinsanesusicionthathisemloyerisoressing，orintendingtooresshim。Hecannotgiveorders，andhewillnotreceivethem。ShouldamessagebegivenhimtotaketoGarcia，hisanswerwouldrobablybe，“Takeityourself！”Ofcourse，Iknowthatonesomorallydeformedisnolesstobeitiedthanahysicalcrile；butinourityingletusdroatear，too，forthemenwhoarestrivingtocarryonagreatenterrise，whoseworkinghoursarenotlimitedbythewhistle，andwhosehairisfastturningwhitethroughthestruggletoholdinlinedowdyindifference，slishodimbecility，andtheheartlessingratitudewhich，butfortheirenterrise，wouldbebothhungryandhomeless。