A Message to Garcia.
“Character is the result of two things, mental attitude, and the way we spend our time. It is what we think and what we do that make us what we are": Signed limited edition of Elbert Hubbard's classic A Message to Garcia
A Message to Garcia.
HUBBARD, Elbert.
Item Number: 139474
East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1899.
The scarce first Roycroft Press signed version of Hubbard’s work of legendary fame. Octavo, original green suede. Number 608 of 940 numbered copies signed by Elbert Hubbard. In very good condition. Rare and desirable.
A Message to Garcia is a widely distributed essay written by Elbert Hubbard, expressing the value of individual initiative and conscientiousness in work. The essay's primary example is a dramatized version of a daring escapade performed by an American soldier, First Lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan, just before 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 fastnesses 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"
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