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1、致加西亚的信英文版AMessagetoGarcia100多年前的一个傍晚,出版家艾尔伯特·哈伯德与家人喝茶时受儿子的启发,创作了一篇名为《致加西亚的信》的文章,刊登在《菲士利人》的杂志上,杂志很快就告罄。到1915年作者逝世为止,《致加西亚的信》的印数高达40,000,000册。创造了一个作家的有生之年一本图书销售量的历史记录。其后的80余年,该书被翻译成所有的文字,许多政府、军队和企业都将此书赠送给士兵和职员,作为培养士兵、职员敬业守则的必读书。1899AMessagetoGarciaInallthisCubanbusinessthereisonemanstandsoutontheh
2、orizonofmymemorylikeMarsatperihelion.WhenwarbrokeoutbetweenSpain&theUnitedStates,itwasverynecessarytocommunicatequicklywiththeleaderoftheInsurgents.GarciawassomewhereinthemountainvastnessofCuba-nooneknewwhere.Nomailnortelegraphmessagecouldreachhim.ThePresidentmustsecurehiscooperation,andquickly.
3、Whattodo!SomeonesaidtothePresident,"There’safellowbythenameofRowanwillfindGarciaforyou,ifanybodycan."RowanwassentforandgivenalettertobedeliveredtoGarcia.How"thefellowbythenameofRowan"tooktheletter,sealeditupinanoil-skinpouch,strappeditoverhisheart,infourdayslandedbynightoffthecoastofCubafromanop
4、enboat,disappearedintothejungle,&inthreeweekscameoutontheothersideoftheIsland,havingtraversedahostilecountryonfoot,anddeliveredhislettertoGarcia,arethingsIhavenospecialdesirenowtotellindetail.ThepointIwishtomakeisthis:McKinleygaveRowanalettertobedeliveredtoGarcia;Rowantooktheletteranddidnotask,"
5、Whereisheat?"BytheEternal!thereisamanwhoseformshouldbecastindeathlessbronzeandthestatueplacedineverycollegeoftheland.Itisnotbook-learningyoungmenneed,norinstructionaboutthisandthat,butastiffeningofthevertebraewhichwillcausethemtobeloyaltoatrust,toactpromptly,concentratetheirenergies:dothething-"
6、CarryamessagetoGarcia!"GeneralGarciaisdeadnow,butthereareotherGarcias.Noman,whohasendeavoredtocarryoutanenterprisewheremanyhandswereneeded,buthasbeenwellnighappalledattimesbytheimbecilityoftheaverageman-theinabilityorunwillingnesstoconcentrateonathinganddoit.Slip-shodassistance,foolishinattentio
7、n,dowdyindifference,&half-heartedworkseemtherule;andnomansucceeds,unlessbyhookorcrook,orthreat,heforcesorbribesothermentoassisthim;ormayhap,GodinHisgoodnessperformsamiracle,&sendshimanAngelofLightforanassistant.You,reader,pu