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| weemam | May 27 2005, 02:08 PM Post #1 |
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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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| :Testarossa | Jun 10 2005, 05:00 PM Post #2 |
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Wow, I didn't know that. You are a mind of information Margaret. |
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