Today in class, we closely analyzed and learned about "A Message to Garcia" by Elbert Hubbard.
Some of the things we learned today were:

• A Message to Garcia was published as an inspirational essay in 1899
• It was extremely popular and was republished as a pamphlet and book
• Over 40 million copies were sold
• Published in 37 languages
• It was made into a movie twice
• " Take a message to Garcia" became a very popular slang term for taking initiative
• The essay was taken place during the Spanish-American War
• Garcia- Revolutionary seeking Cuban independence
• Rowan- army officer
• President McKinley- 25th President, assassinated 6 months into his second term by an anarchist. 
• Tallest mountain in North America was named after him up until 2015
• Perihelion- when a planet or stars are closest to the sun
• Slipshod- careless
• Imbecility- incapability
• Missive- a letter; especially long or official  

A message to Garcia as I learned in class today was very powerful and monumental then and even in the present for its topic consisting of work ethic, excellence, and initiative, which are things many people struggled with then, and things many people still struggle with today.