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To: J.E.Currie who wrote (386)	6/28/2002 4:35:46 PM
From: J.E.Currie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 402

By: jimymac $$$ 26 Jun 2002, 11:35 PM EDT Msg. 13554 of 13568 (This msg. is a reply to 13553 by Colreb.) Colreb, 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 > > > > > onto 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.