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致加西亚的一封信 A Message to Garcia（第1页）

致加西亚的一封信AMessagetoGarcia

佚名Anonymous

InallthisbusihereisoandsoutonthehorizonofmymemorylikeMarsatperihelion。

WhenwarbrokeoutbetweenSpaiedStates，itwasveryounicatequicklywiththeleaderoftheis。Garewhereiainfastnessesofeknewwhere。Nraphmessagecouldreachhim。ThePresidentmustsecurehiscooperation，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。

You，reader，putthismattertoatest:Ynowinyouroffice—sixclerksarewithincall。Summonanyoneahisrequest:"Pleaselookintheencyclopediaandmakeabriefmemorandumformegthelifeio。"Willtheclerkquietlysay，"Yes，sir。"andgodothetask?

Onyourlifehewillnot。Hewilllookatyououtofafishyeyeandaskohefollowiions:hicyclopedia?Whereistheencyclopedia?WasIhiredforthat?Don'tyoumeanBismarck?What'sthematterwithCharliedoingit?Ishedead?Isthereanyhurry?Shan&#youthebookayoulookitupyourself?Whatdoyouwanttoknowfor?

AndIwilllayyouteeryouhaveahequestions，andexplaiofiion，andwhyyouwantit，theclerkwillgooffaheothertrytofindGardthenebadtellyouthereisnosu。Ofaylosemybet，butagtotheLawe，Iwillnot。

Now，ifyouarewise，youwilloexplaintoyour"assistant"thatCioisiheC's，notintheK's，butyouwillsmileverysweetlyandsay，"Nevermind，"andgolookitupyourself。Andthisincapacityforiion，thismoralstupidity，thisinfirmityofthewill，thisuocheerfullycatdlift—thesearethethingsthatputpureSocialismsofariure。

Ifmenwillnotaselves，whatwilltheydowheheireffortisforall?

Afirstmatewithknottedclubseemsnecessary;ating"thebou;Saturdaynightholdsmaohisplace。Advertisefrapher，aenlyeitherspellnorpunddonotthio。

suewritealettertoGarcia?

"Youseethatbookkeeper。"saidtheforemantomeiory。

"Yes。Whatabouthim?"

"Wellhe'safiant，butifI'dsendhimuptownonanerraaplishtheerrandallright，aherhand。Mightstopatfoursaloonsontheway，aoMaiwetwhathehadbeefor。"

subeeocarryamessagetoGarcia?

Wehaveretlybeenhearingmusympathyexpressedforthe"downtroddehes"a;homelesswandererseargforho"，andwithitalloftengomanyhardwordslotthemeninpower。

Nothingissaidabouttheemplrowsoldbeforehistimeinavaiogetfrowsyne'er-do-wellstodoiwork;andhislorivi;help"thatdoesnothingbutloafwhenhisbaed。

&oreandfactorythereisatweeding-oingon。Theemployeristlysendingaway"help"thathaveshowntheirincapacitytofurthertheihebusiness，andtakenon。Noodtimesare，thissues:only，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，findsthere'snothinginit:nothingbutbareboardandclothes。Ihavecarriedadinner-pailandworkedforday'swages，andIhavealsobeenanemployeroflabor，andIkhingtobesaidonbothsides。Thereisnoexce，perse，iy;ragsareion;andallemployersarenotrapadhigh-handed，ahanallpoormeuous。Myheartgoesouttothemanwhodoeshisworkwhe;boss"isahehome。Andthemanwho，wheerfarcia，quietlytakesthemissive，withoutaskinganyidiotis，andwithniionofgitisewer，aughtelsebutdeliverit，;laidoff&quoonastrikefes。

Civilizationisonelong，anxioussearchforjustsudividuals。

Anythingsuasksshallbegraediy，townandvillage—ineveryoffice，shop，storeandfactory。Theworldcriesoutforsuch，heisneededahemanwho"CarryaMessagetoGarcia。"

SowhowillseoGarcia?

在所有与古巴有关的事情中，有一个人常常令我无法忘怀。

美西战争爆发以后，美国必须马上与西班牙反抗军首领加西亚将军取得联系。加西亚将军隐藏在古巴辽阔的崇山峻岭中——没有人知道确切的地点，因而无法送信给他。但是，美国总统必须尽快与他建立合作关系。怎么办呢？

有人向总统推荐说：“有一个名叫罗文的人，如果有人能找到加西亚将军，那个人一定就是他。”

于是，他们将罗文找来，交给他一封信——写给加西亚的信。关于那个名叫罗文的人，如何拿了信，将它装进一个油纸袋里，封口，吊在胸口藏好，如何在三个星期之后，徒步穿越一个危机四伏的国家，将信交到加西亚手上——这些细节都不是我想说明的，我要强调的重点是：美国总统将一封写给加西亚的信交给了罗文，罗文接过信后，并没有问：“他在哪里？”

像罗文这样的人，我们应该为他塑造一座不朽的雕像，放在每一所大学里。年轻人所需要的不仅仅是学习书本上的知识，也不仅仅是聆听他人的种种教诲，而是更需要一种敬业精神，对上级的托付，立即采取行动，全心全意去完成任务——“把信送给加西亚”。

加西亚将军已不在人世，但现在还有其他的“加西亚”。没有人能经营好这样的企业——虽然需要众多人手，但是令人吃惊的是，其中大部分人碌碌无为，他们要么没有能力，要么根本不用心。

懒懒散散、漠不关心、马马虎虎的工作态度，对于许多人来说似乎已经变成常态。除非苦口婆心、威逼利诱地强迫他们做事，或者，请上帝创造奇迹，派一名天使相助，否则，这些人什么也做不了。

不信的话我们来做个试验：此刻你正坐在办公室里——有六名职员在等待安排任务。你将其中一位叫过来，吩咐他：“请帮我查一查百科全书，把克里吉奥的生平做成一篇摘要。”他会静静回答“好的，先生”，然后立即去执行吗？

我敢说他绝对不会，他会用满脸狐疑的神色盯着你，提出一个或数个问题：他是谁呀？他去世了吗？哪套百科全书？百科全书放在哪儿？这是我的工作吗？为什么不叫乔治去做呢？急不急？你为什么要查他？