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第17章 致加西亚的信 1（第1页）

第17章致加西亚的信（1）

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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。perihelionn。近日点

2。oilskinn。油布（雨衣），防水布（衣）

3。stiffenv。（使）变硬；（使）强硬

&ebraen。椎骨

5。slipshodadj。马虎的，随便的，草率的

6。imbe。愚笨；低能，弱智，愚蠢行为

7。ingratituden。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-nighappalledattimesbytheimbecilityoftheaveragemayoruotrateonathinganddoit。

Slipshodassistance，foolishiion，dowdyindifferendhalf-heartedworkseemtherule；andnomansulessbyhookorcrookorthreatheforcesorbribesothermentoassisthim；ormayhap，GodinHisgoodnessperformsamiradsendshimanAngelofLightforanassistant。

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。