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quite interesting is this; i didnt know
Topic Started: May 27 2005, 02:08 PM (240 Views)
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>His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One
>day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for
>help
>coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.
>
>There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy,
>screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad
>from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
>
>The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's
>sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and
>introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
>
>"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's
>life."
>
>"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer
>replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came
>to
>the door of the family hovel.
>
>"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.
>
>"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
>
>"I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of
>education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father,
>he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he
>did.
>
>Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time,
>graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on
>to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming,
>the discoverer of Penicillin.
>
>Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the
>bog was stricken with pneumonia.
>
>What saved his life this time? Penicillin.
>
>The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's
>name?
>
>Sir Winston Churchill.
>
>Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
>
>Work like you don't need the money.
>
>Love like you've never been hurt.
>
>Dance like nobody's watching.
>
>Sing like nobody's listening.
>
>Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
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Wow, I didn't know that. You are a mind of information Margaret.
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