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"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."
- Unknown
I got this from Feathers. I like stories like
this one.
November 1st, 2002
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 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, he 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.
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