In all this Cuban business there is one man stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion. When war broke out between Spain & the United States, it was very necessary to communicate quickly with the leader of the Insurgents.
单词
horizon 英 [hə'raɪz(ə)n] 美 [hə'raɪzn] n. [天] 地平线；视野；眼界；范围
perihelion 英 [,perɪ'hiːlɪən] 美 [,pɛrɪ'hilɪən] n. [天] 近日点；最高点
insurgent 英 [ɪn'sɜːdʒ(ə)nt] 美 [ɪn'sɝdʒənt] adj. 叛乱的；起义的 n. 叛乱者；起义者