During the Spanish–American War, Lieutenant Andrew Rowan carried a letter from President McKinley to the Cuban rebel leader García without asking where to find him. Elbert Hubbard turns the episode into a blunt lecture on initiative and loyalty, mocking clerks who answer every task with questions. Two short pieces, Horse Sense and Life in Abundance, frame it.
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