carry the message to Garcia

Etymology
Paraphrase of a quotation from an 1899 essay, "A Message to Garcia", concerning Calixto García.

Verb

 * 1)  To perform a requisite task despite obstacles.
 * 2) * 1922, David Starr Jordan, The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor Prophet of Democracy, World Book Co., page 148,
 * ... its demand being for men who could face difficult decisions and achieve results, who could "carry the message to Garcia" without delay or dallying.
 * 1)  To perform a requisite task without having been informed specifically by what method to do so.
 * 2) * 1932, William Carl Ruediger, Teaching Procedures, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 410,
 * ...do it when you are told once. That is to say, carry the Message to Garcia!
 * 1) * 2005, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The Mad Cook of Pymatuning: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, page 30,
 * "And leaders will emerge. Men who can take the initiative, carry the message to Garcia. That's what I want." [The character in the novel said these words in 1952.]
 * "And leaders will emerge. Men who can take the initiative, carry the message to Garcia. That's what I want." [The character in the novel said these words in 1952.]