A Message to Garcia

• Author(s): Elbert Hubbard,
• Publisher: Aegitas
• Pages: 12
• ISBN_10: 0369406907
  ISBN_13: 9780369406903
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Essays , Philosophy / Essays , Political Science / Essays , Psychology / Essays , Science / Essays , Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success ,

Description:... A Message to Garcia is a widely distributed essay written by Elbert Hubbard in 1899, expressing the value of individual initiative and conscientiousness in work. As its primary example, the essay uses a dramatized version of a daring escapade performed by an American soldier, 1st Lt. Andrew S. Rowan, just prior to the Spanish–American War. The essay describes Rowan carrying a message from President William McKinley to "Gen. Calixto García, a leader of the Cuban insurgents somewhere in the mountain vastness of Cuba—no one knew where". The essay contrasts Rowan's self-driven effort against "the imbecility of the average man—the inability or unwillingness to concentrate on a thing and do it".